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Commercial Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Watson and Watson's commercial litigation lawyers have over 20 years experience in providing legal advice and representation for commercial disputes for businesses of various sizes and nature.
Our commercial litigation lawyers have successfully litigated on behalf of our clients for cases involving:
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Insurance claims / disputes
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Debt recovery
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Bankruptcy & Insolvency
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Building & construction / property litigation
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Shareholders
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Trusts
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Mortgage
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Trade Practices
Commercial disputes can be complex and potentially quite costly. For this reason, we take into account our clients' financial and legal position in when considering the most practical way to proceed with litigation. Our team of commercial litigators have extensive experience in representing clients in various jurisdictions including but not limited to:
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Supreme Courts,
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District Courts,
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Local Courts,
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Federal Courts,
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Appeal Courts,
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Land and Environment Court
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NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT),
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Administrative Decision Tribunal,
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Administrative Appeals Tribunal
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Industrial Relations Commission
If you would like to know your legal position regarding a commercial dispute, then contact Watson and Watson for some obligation free advice. Just complete the form on the right or call us on 02 9221 6011.
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28/03/2022
Parties should try and settle disputes. Part of the avenues available offers are “without prejudice” offers including offers of compromise. Courts encourage the settlement of disputes in particular, at an early stage when the parties are aware of the issues and the nature of the disputes. The Supreme Court in the case of Clarkes Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1693 (29 November 2019) before Slattery J, provides insight into some of the issues that can arise between the parties who attempted to settle the matter which was considered by the Court.
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23/04/2020
We recently acted for importers of vehicles and equipment from overseas in a number of proceedings in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). Our client was deemed to be the manufacturer of the engineered powered machines (machines) in Australia for the purposes of the Australian Consumer Law, by reason of the fact that the overseas manufacturer did not have a presence in Australia.
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06/04/2020
The Federal Government has made important changes to legislation to provide temporary relief for financially distressed individuals and businesses, by way of amendments to the Bankruptcy Act 1996, the Bankruptcy Regulations 1996, and the Corporations Act 2001 and the Corporations Regulations 2001.
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19/06/2019
It is an all too familiar scenario: Two close friends pool their resources, knowledge and contacts to bring a business idea into reality. The business grows and the two entrepreneurs, each a shareholder and a director of the company have different ideas about where the company should be headed. Disagreements become more frequent over lost opportunities, tension turns into suspicion and before long, outright hostility.
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16/04/2018
The Civil Liability Act 2002 (the Act) in New South Wales creates the concept of concurrent wrongdoers who may have several liability for a Plaintiff’s loss in certain circumstances. It is critical to ascertain whether the concept of a concurrent wrongdoer under the Act is applicable in your case and how it is to be managed by each of the parties to the dispute.
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20/04/2016
The Federal Government recently passed changes to the Law which may affect Building Contracts, with those changes scheduled to commence in November 2016.
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04/12/2019
A recent decision of the Court of Appeal (Nagamuthu v Shanmugarajah [2019] highlights the importance of corroborative evidence in particular, where the oral testimony alone of a party is far from persuasive.
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31/05/2019
Once a party has received Judgment in his or her favour there is no certainty that the Defendant will make payment. Often the Judgment needs to be enforced to receive payment.
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18/09/2018
This is only a preliminary view and is not to be taken as legal advice without first contacting Watson & Watson Solicitors on 02 9221 6011.
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13/04/2016
Watson and Watson received instructions from a Subcontractor who provided formwork and other associated works to a Contractor who was undertaking civil works for the Principal.
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