Connect with meNick assists Australian and international insurers, consultancies and corporations on professional liability matters with a particular focus on construction and infrastructure disputes.
Nick’s clients recognise his versatility across industry sectors, so he is brought in to provide technical advice and problem-solving skills to identify challenges and resolve a wide range of matters. These include large-scale property liability claims, and professional indemnity matters for construction, property and finance professionals.
Nick clients include a range of Australian and international construction companies and consultancies, including engineers (civil, structural, engineering and mechanical), D&C contractors, building surveyors and project managers. He has acted in some of Victoria’s largest construction and infrastructure disputes. He practises and appears regularly across several different Australian jurisdictions.
Nick also practices in the area of defamation, having acting on instructions from associations liability and management liability insurers in a range of litigated and non-litigated claims.
Nick is also a regular speaker at industry events and has published widely in the construction disputes arena. He also provides risk management training to various professionals and industry bodies.
Nick was recognised as a leading lawyer for Construction/Infrastructure Law, Insurance Law and Professional Malpractice Litigation in The Best Lawyers in Australia for 2026.
Construction and Infrastructure
- Acting for design engineers in litigated proceedings commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria concerning alleged inadequate structural and civil design services for the West Gate Tunnel project in Melbourne, Victoria.
- Acting for design engineers in litigated proceedings involving the alleged improper design of retention systems for a new water storage facility (reservoir system) in regional Victoria.
- Acting for D&C contractors in respect of the alleged inadequate design of a large-scale university health centre project in Canberra.
- Acting for electrical engineers in a dispute concerning the alleged inadequate design of a large-scale wind farm project in regional Victoria.
- Acting for civil engineers in respect of the alleged improper design and construction of various large-scale hardstands in secondary and tertiary facilities throughout metropolitan Melbourne.
- Acting for various construction professionals in Supreme and County Court proceedings and in the Victorian Administrative Appeals Tribunal (VCAT) and Building Appeals Board (BAB).
Property professionals
- Acting for managing property agents in litigated proceedings in the County Court of Victoria arising from the 2017 Doncaster East balcony collapse.
- Acting for various managing property agents in litigated and non-litigated claims involving personal injury and property damage disputes on residential and commercial tenanted properties.
Defamation
- Acting in Federal Court proceedings for a journalist who allegedly defamed the plaintiff in respect of his alleged involvement in an overseas terrorist organisation. The issues in dispute traversed complex legal issues in respect of publication and truth defences.
- Acting in Supreme Court proceedings for a freelance journalist accused of defaming a local aged care facility operator in her online blog.
- Acting in District Court proceedings for local tour operators accused of defaming their competitor in online Facebook and website posts.
- Construction and Infrastructure
- Defamation
- Financial Institutions
- Professional Liability
- Construction and Infrastructure
- Energy, Mining and Power
- Professions and Business Services
- Financial Institutions and Services
- Australian Insurance Law Association
- Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance
- Law Institute of Victoria