Tara Nelson
Special Counsel | Melbourne
Construction and Infrastructure
Tara advises both private sector and government clients on project delivery, claims strategy and management, contract administration and dispute resolution processes.
Her disputes experience covers arbitration, court proceedings, statutory adjudications and alternative dispute resolution processes in most Australian jurisdictions.
Experience
- Australian Government (including Defence and Finance) on claims and disputes arising out of a range of facilities and infrastructure projects;
- contractors and principals (including the Northern Territory Art Gallery Precinct and the Solomon Islands infrastructure program) on claims arising out of early contractor involvement delivery models;
- John Holland in the Supreme Court litigation against the State arising out of the construction of the Perth Children’s Hospital;
- a pipeline contractor on claims and disputes arising from a 195km water pipeline in north Queensland;
- a fuel tank contractor on project delivery and a large adjudication application involving contract works, variations, delay and prolongation claims;
- a residential developer in the Supreme Court of Victoria to recover its loss suffered because of a crane collapse during construction;
- a construction manager in an arbitration to recover its costs for delay and variation claims arising out of a commercial fitout;
- an aged care developer in the Supreme Court of Victoria in relation to structural defects; and
- principals, contractors and subcontractors in relation to their rights under the applicable security of payment legislation (including payment claims, payment schedules, adjudication applications, adjudication responses, judgment debts and appeal rights).