For Pierrette Khoury, Senior Lawyer:

We are committed to providing our clients with excellence and focused legal services. Since our inception we have successfully represented the major players in both the private and public sectors in relation to medium to large civil, construction and property development projects. We have the capacity to attend to our client’s needs and requirements throughout Australia and through utilising our parent firm, Forbes Dowling Lawyers Pty Ltd. Forbes Dowling Lawyers is a national based firm with offices located in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth.

Turnbull Bowles Lawyers are a specialised legal practice providing practical, skilled and comprehensive legal services to the Civil, Construction and Property Development Industries.

Our focus and established experience allows us to offer specialist advice and solutions, specifically attending to the needs of our clients. Our client base is extensive and includes builders, developers, contractors, sub-contractors, property owners, project managers, consultants, engineers, architects, surveyors, government authorities and Councils.

Turnbull Bowles Lawyers are the specialists providing legal services to the Civil, Construction and Property Development Industries

CONTRACT DOCUMENTATION

Our Contracts seek to optimise risk allocation and efficiently project manage contracts which conform with insurance cover and conditions. We understand the difficulty of balancing the commercial success of winning a contract with the need to ensure the protection of a contractor’s legal rights.

We make it simple by selecting and modifying standard form documentation to conform to our client’s needs and requirements, including but not limited to, guaranteed maximum price, novated and cost plus agreements. We understand that in the administration of contracts, difficulties may arise which may involve complex or highly technical issues of contract law. We can advise our clients on those technical issues without losing sight of the overall commercial objectives.

CONTRACT STRUCTURING

For further information contact: Pierrette Khoury, Senior Lawyer: 02 8272 1999

pierrette@turnbullbowles.com.au www.turnbullbowles.com.au

TAILORED SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION ISSUES, INCLUDING CONTRACT DRAFTING

We provide our clients with up to date advice on environmental and planning laws as well as development controls. We can assist with obtaining development approvals, including conducting appeals in the Land and Environment Court. We service residential, commercial and industrial developments. We advise our clients from the inception through to the final delivery of the project. This includes the acquisition of property, obtaining development approval from Council and/or other regulatory authorities, negotiating with Council and providing representation at Council meetings and lodging planning appeals.

We provide advice on contract administration, the detection of claims, the assessment of claims and the prevention of claims. We also provide advice on negotiation and strategies of claims. We can assist you with preparing Payment Claims, Adjudication Applications, Payment Schedules and Adjudication Responses. Our lawyers have extensive experience in litigating claims pursuant to the NSW Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 1999 and other jurisdictions. Our lawyers also have extensive experience in defending claims commenced pursuant to the NSW Building and Cosntruction Industry Security of Payments Act 1999 and other jurisdictions. Our lawyers keep up to date with developments in this area of practice.

We develop and apply appropriate strategies to resolve disputes in a cost effective manner, encompassing arbitration, expert determination and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms including Mediation for construction claims. We also conduct proceedings in all jurisdictions. We approach matters with a preference of utilising cost effective mechanisms such as Mediation as a pre-emptive step.

CONTRACT ADVICE

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND APPROVALS

For further information contact: Pierrette Khoury, Senior Lawyer: 02 8272 1999 pierrette@turnbullbowles.com.au www.turnbullbowles.com.au

Construction Contracts • Negotiating and drafting commercial and residential construction, project

management, subcontracts, engineering and other construction related agreements; • Advice and Appeals pursuant to the Building and Construction Industry Security of

Payment Act 1999; • Dispute Resolution with respect to the issues arising during the course of

construction projects. Construction Disputes • Advising and acting for home owners, builders, developers and other parties

regarding building defects claims; • Advising on proportionate liability issues; • Claims in negligence or for breach of contract against building professionals including

Engineers, Architects, Principal Certifying Authorities and Construction and Design Contractors in residential building matters;

• Recommending, managing and instructing experts to assess and report on building defects.

As Turnbull Bowles Lawyers is a division of Forbes Dowling Lawyers Pty Ltd and a subsidiary of a major Australian Collections Firm, Australian Receivables Limited, our clients enjoy the benefits of the much larger parent company’s operating platform which include sound governance, robust operating systems, high levels of compliance, documented risk management procedures, and superior security and quality management systems. All of these features combined provide you with greater peace of mind and more compelling results. The group provides a highly personalised, client specific and responsive service from talented, caring and successful practitioners working with state of the art business systems and specialist knowledge in the areas of: • Commercial litigation; • Business, Corporate and Commercial Law; • Property and Conveyancing; • Debt Recovery; • Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring; • Building and Construction Law. With branches and affiliates throughout Australasia, Turnbull Bowles Lawyers provides clients with a commercial and pragmatic solution to any legal issue. For further information contact: Pierrette Khoury, Senior Lawyer: 02 8272 1999

pierrette@turnbullbowles.com.au www.turnbullbowles.com.au

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

GENERAL SERVICES