Adrian Howie - Partner
Experience
- All areas of dispute resolution (with an emphasis on construction related matters) including litigation, arbitration, references, expert determination and mediation
- Corporate, regulatory and compliance issues, including representation at ASIC investigations
- Advising on policy coverage issues
Significant recent cases
- Acting for a D & O insurer defending a challenge to a denial of indemnity in relation to a $20 million claim on the basis of known circumstances and non-disclosure
- Acting for structural engineers in defending a $10 million claim relating to the structural failure of tanks at a sewage treatment plant
- Acting for architects defending various claims relating to the failure of roofing elements
- Acting for a lessee in relation to multiple defects in a $300 million public infrastructure development
- Acting for accountants in connection with tax minimization schemes
- Acting for geotechnical engineers in connection with a range of sub-surface problems affecting buildings, mines and other developments
Clients
- Claims Managers
- Engineers
- Architects
- Project Managers
- Various corporates
Professional
- 1971 Admitted as Solicitor NSW, Vic, Qld, ACT & on High Court Roll
- 2005 Appointed as an Adjudicator under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999
Memberships
- AILA
- APIG
Office
Sydney
Telephone
+61 2 8215 5904
Practice areas
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