Mark has conducted, as mediator, over 150 mediations and is a Graded Arbitrator, a Nationally Accredited Mediator, and a LEADR Accredited Mediator.
Calling on his many years of experience in both building and construction, and commercial litigation generally, Mark is a Graded Arbitrator (Grade 2) with the Resolution Institute and a Graded Arbitrator with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He is also sought to act as expert to decide disputes through expert determination.
Mark is also a qualified mediator, having previously been on the panel of mediators maintained by firstly the Queensland Building Tribunal and, after that, the Queensland Commercial and Consumer Tribunal. He is now engaged privately to act as a mediator, both in relation to building and construction disputes, professional negligence disputes and commercial disputes generally.
Mark has, as mediator, mediated over 150 commercial disputes and is a Graded Arbitrator, a Nationally Accredited Mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation Scheme, and a LEADR Accredited Mediator.
Recently Mark has mediated:
- an unfair preference action brought by a liquidator in the Federal Court of Australia;
- an oppression action brought by a minority shareholder in the Supreme Court of Queensland;
- an action for professional negligence brought in relation to the sale of a business, by substitution of the trustee of a discretionary trust, in the Supreme Court of Queensland by the vendor;
- a contract of carriage dispute before the Supreme Court of Queensland.
He is also a qualified and registered adjudicator under the Queensland Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017; as well as an adjudicator in New South Wales and Victoria under the legislation of those states.
Mark has also, in addition to conducting a number of adjudications himself as adjudicator, assisted a subcontractor in pursuing successfully a head contractor for payment through adjudication, by advising upon the content of the adjudication application and preparing the accompanying submissions to the adjudicator, in support of the subcontractor’s claim.
Mark has, as an adjudicator, decided numerous disputes, both in Queensland and interstate.
While in other states and territories adjudication decisions are not published, in Queensland they are available for public search through the Internet Website of the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Register of Adjudication Decisions. Below are Mark’s decisions that are available for public search in Queensland.
2024
Asharn Pty Ltd v Uplift Cranes Qld Pty Ltd, 26396412 30 September 2024
T Built Group Pty Ltd v Minicon Construction (Qld) Pty Ltd, 2559017 31 May 2024
2023
Devcon Building Co Pty Ltd v Focus Holdings No 6 Pty Ltd, 2450526 19 December 2023
Hookem Interiors Pty Ltd v Guardian Master Builders Pty Ltd, 2352264 15 September 2023
2022
Frewster Brothers Contracting v Banana Shire Council, 1246646 3 February 2022
2021
Lanskey Constructions Pty Ltd v Fabcot Pty Ltd, 1003270 26 May 2021
2020
Temple Constructions Qld Pty Ltd v Multi 21 Pty Ltd, 819523 11 September 2020
2019
Leisuretex Commercial Painting Pty Ltd v Hipmark Design & Construct Pty Ltd, 617188 8 November 2019
Machan v Laurie Lindner Constructions Pty Ltd, 540663 19 July 2019
Colin Considine Specialised Plumbing Installation v One Source Contractors, 507560 9 May 2019
Panel Concepts Pty Ltd v Rcon Constructions Pty Ltd, 478409 26 February 2019
2018
Yellow Block Road Pty Ltd aft The Beldan Family Trust v Costruire Pty Ltd, 420570 20 September 2018
Malone Plastering Services Pty Ltd t/a The Fitout Company v Buildcorp Group Pty Ltd t/a Buildcorp Interiors, 371649 15 May 2018
Malone Plastering Services Pty Ltd t/a The Fitout Company v Buildcorp Group Pty Ltd, 355637 19 March 2018
2017
Concrete Pumping Sales & Equipment Pty Ltd v Beton (Qld) Pty Ltd, 320278 7 December 2017
Simbilt Building Services Pty Ltd v Aaron Brown Constructions Pty Ltd, 272214 7 August 2017
The Rix Group Pty Ltd v Bellrise Investments Pty Ltd, 215558 24 February 2017
2016
Milbryne Constructions Pty Ltd v RNL Holdings Qld Pty Ltd t/a RNL Holdings, 61848 15 September 2016
Queensland Timber Flooring v Woods Designer Homes, 1276523 March 2016
J&K Construction Earthmoving v Barcoo Constructions t/a Aus Hause, 10088 5 February 2016
2015
MDA Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd v Vintra Investments Management Pty Ltd t/a Vintra Group, 7207 26 November 2015
Flow on Services Pty Ltd v Whitfield, 6449 2 October 2015
Rapidec Pty Ltd t/a Wallpaper Interiors v Wunda Projects Australia, 5609, 21 August 2015
Northey Stainless Steel Pty Ltd t/as Spilsbury and Wenzel v Chops Enterprises Pty Ltd t/a Wonna Cuppa, 4711 20 May 2015
Sunstate Design & Construct Pty Ltd v Islamic Society of Logan, 3681 27 February 2015
R&R Contracting v Jones Plastering Construction, 3257 1 February 2015