Experience
Education and Qualifications
LLB University of Qld
Admitted as a solicitor
Called to the Bar
Took silk
Chartered Arbitrator
Grade One Arbitrator
Awards
- Doyle’s Guide
Named Pre-eminent Senior Counsel: Construction Law
- Best Lawyer’s Australia
Recognised in the Litigation category from inception
- Best Lawyer’s Australia
Named Lawyer of the Year Construction and Infrastructure 2021 – Brisbane
- Australasian Law Awards
Arbitrator of the Year – Excellence Awardee 2023
Positions Held
Formerly Chair of the Bar Association of Queensland Construction Law Subcommittee
Member of the Determinative Committee and Subcommittee
– Resolution Institute
Experience
Some of the significant projects with which Robert has been associated as counsel, arbitrator or expert are listed below. In addition, he has been appointed as mediator or arbitrator in many other matters which are not listed.
Wembley Stadium – shareholders’ class action
Burdekin Dam
Ipswich Hospital
The Haughton Main Channel
Extensions to the Townsville Hospital
A coffer dam in Collinsville involving complex questions relating to damages
Washplant at Blackwater
Landmark City parkland development
Abel Point Marina
Royal Pines Resort
Major city roadway development
Dredging of Port Philip Bay
Queensland Sugar Refinery
Treasury casino development
Copper Mine infrastructure
Structural, mechanical and piping works in mine development
Sewerage main and water augmentation pipeline
Construction of main sewerage line
Development pricing arrangements for large shopping centre development in Sydney
Glazing of Waterfront Place – Brisbane
Glazing of Sun City development – Gold Coast
Failure of hardstand in regional centre
Highway development and expansion
Dragline Central Queensland
Equipment supply agreements in regional mining centre
Civil works – Airlie Beach
Unit development – Sunshine Coast
Unit Development – Brisbane City
Water supply agreements – coal mining – Central Queensland
Teneriffe residential development
New Guinea gold mine
Sunshine Coast Resort
Coal Loader Expansion – Abbott Point
Coal Mining Safety prosecution
Regional Airport development
Coal Handling Facility Kogan Creek
Gold Coast Light Rail project
Dredging Gladstone Harbour
Construction of apartments and retail premises at Raby Bay
Major regional earthworks development
Pipeline development
Water Mains upgrade Maroochy Shire
Manufacture of rail stock
Hay Point Terminal expansion
Development of Power Stations
High Rise building Ann St Brisbane
Power Stations in the Northern Territory
Tunnelling Project on the Gold Coast
High rise building – cladding dispute