Mark is corporate lawyer with particular expertise in litigation and commercial advisory work.   He acts for clients in a number of industries including private hospitals, not for profits and property.

Mark's expertise includes:

  • Commercial Advisory
  • Risk Management
  • Commercial Dispute Resolution
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution

Experience

Mark's experience includes:

  • Drafted standard VMO By-Laws for adoption by Private Hospitals and Day Surgeries throughout Queensland
  • Drafted standard privacy compliance regime for Private Hospitals and medical practitioners throughout Australia
  • Through Supreme Court and Court of Appeal Litigation secured IP rights in client list to facilitate the continued conduct of major fundraising activities by a substantial not for profit organisation
  • Acted for developer in claim for damages for negligence arising out of faulty engineering design, in circumstances where the developer had not engaged the professional service firms directly and sued in negligence
  • Advised sub contractors in connection with the terms of sub contracts for the construction of various aspects of Ichthy's CSG Plant in the Northern Territory and the extension of Indooroopilly Shopping Town at Indooroopilly in Brisbane
  • Acted for rural property owners in connection with negotiations for an access agreement to facilitate the conduct of onsite coal exploration
  • Acted for power station in Supreme Court dispute with coal supplier relating to interpretation of pricing regime in Coal Supply
  • Agreement including successfully resisting appeal against original decision

Qualifications, membership and recognition

  • Bachelor of Laws, Queensland University of Technology
  • Member, Queensland Law Society
  • Board Member, Spinal Injuries Association of Queensland