Building and Construction Law

QLD's Building law is specific and different from other types of law, not all commercial lawyers will have sufficient experience or knowledge to assist you fully. Our commercial and building lawyers have a range of expertise specific to the building and construction industry.

Commercial Building & Construction

Our commercial building and construction lawyers have extensive experience. We assist a broad variety of parties involved in the building industry with their legal needs.

We provide quality and specific advice for both commercial builders, landowners, architects, surveyors and many others supplying or employed in the commercial building and construction industry.

Our commercial building and construction legal services include:

Commercial Building Contract Advice & Preparation
Commercial Building Disputes
Commercial Subcontractors/Contractors
Adjudication under the BIF Act
Advising on the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (Qld)
Construction dispute resolution
Expert determination
Litigation (including large-scale disputes)
Mediation and arbitration
Time-related claim handling (prolongation, disruption, acceleration, and liquidated damages)
Variation management
Defective work claim resolution
Property Development & Joint Ventures
Finance & Second Mortgages & Other Funding Arrangements

Residential Building

Our domestic building lawyers are highly experienced in a broad variety of matters involving many combinations of parties involved in residential building.

Whether you are looking to build or renovate your own home as a landowner, you are developing an investment property, you are a builder, a contractor or you provide other services or materials in the building industry, we can help.

Our building legal services include:

Residential Building Contract Advice, Review & Preparation
Domestic Building Disputes
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Applications to and/or defending proceedings at QCAT

If you need advice on a Queensland building or construction matter, Merlo Law can assist with clear, practical guidance tailored to your project, contract and commercial objectives. Whether you are dealing with a contract issue, payment dispute, defective work claim, delay, variation or broader construction dispute, our Queensland building and construction lawyers can help you understand your options and protect your position.

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