Dispute Resolution & Litigation

Carter Newell has market-leading, award-winning expertise in all aspects of litigation and dispute resolution, including court proceedings, arbitration, adjudication, mediation, expert determination, and dispute resolution boards.

Our team is trusted to support clients across construction litigation, corporate and commercial litigation, and specialist areas such as insurance, environmental law, and employment law. We work collaboratively with our clients to identify disputes early and formulate strategies to avoid or resolve them efficiently. We quickly understand the facts, risks, and core issues of each matter, and never lose sight of your commercial objectives.

We are highly skilled at extricating our clients from commercial disputes as quickly and cost-effectively as possible, allowing them to focus on their core business. Where a dispute cannot be resolved, we apply our in-depth procedural, technical and practical knowledge derived from working on complex corporate and commercial disputes and litigation in state and federal courts.

Our clients’ best interests are central to our approach. We therefore work with our clients to avoid disputes and to innovate pathways for managing those disputes that cannot be avoided. For example, we have successfully averted lengthy and expensive trials for clients with pre-action facilitation – using a retired Supreme or High Court Judge as a facilitator. We also apply our experience to build robust cultures of compliance that help clients minimise future risk and avoid potential claims.

Our team has worked across a broad range of industries, including property development, energy and resources, private equity, and professional services. We often work in tandem with other practice groups, providing advisory services as part of their transactional work. Our experience enables the team to identify, and implement, commercial solutions.

Key examples of disputes handled by our team include: