Ourania Konstantinidis

Ourania is highly experienced in all forms of dispute resolution including: litigation, arbitration, expert determination and mediation.

Her litigation experience encompasses construction and real estate disputes, intellectual property disputes, trade practices disputes, administrative law, retail and commercial leasing disputes and general commercial litigation.

Ourania provides high quality advice for an impressive number of high profile clients including: AMP, Harvey Norman, DPT Operator (Darling Park), Coffey Ltd, Mulpha Norwest, Mirvac Group , Blackstone Metcash, Nokia, GPT, Westpac, CBA, CSR, Optus, Sakkara Investments and Crown Group.

Ourania’s range of expertise extends to:

Developers – providing contract advice to developers, including project documentation and contract administration and acting for developers in construction disputes in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Builders – in all forms of construction disputes in the Supreme and District Courts of New South Wales.
Contractors and consultants – in all forms of contractual disputes, including arbitrations and running a test case on expert’s immunity from suit.
Homeowners and owners corporations – in all forms of building disputes in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal.
Claimants and respondents – in adjudications under the Security of Payment legislation.
Landlords and property owners– in all forms of litigation service requirements for shopping centers, industrial and commercial buildings, including mediations.

She is a member of The National Association of Women in Construction and a regular presenter at key industry events, including presentations for the expert course at the Institute of Arbitrator’s and Mediators Association.

Experience

Arbitration

Various clients: Acting for contractors and suppliers in regards to arbitration on construction and supplier of goods issues.
Confidential client: Acting for a telecommunication company in regards to international arbitration.

Litigation and Dispute Resolution - Commercial and Construction

NSW Snowy Hydro Electric Scheme: Acting in relation to disputes arising out of the Scheme, in particular, liability arising out of property damage.
Various clients: Acting for builders and developers in security of payment adjudications.
Confidential client: Conducting a test case in the High Court of Australia on Australian consumer law and construction.
Confidential client: Reviewing of national telecommunication company agreements for construction of the internet network and advised in regards to possible claims against the company by the subcontractors.
Liquidators/insolvency practitioners: Representing in respect of various disputes arising out of construction contracts.
Confidential client: Acting in regards to claims for and against developers, builders, contractors and consultants in all forms of construction disputes in the Supreme and District Courts of New South Wales.
Owners corporations: Conducting litigation in regards to constructions disputes.
Retirement home: Acting in respect of construction dispute against a builder.
Confidential client: Conducting a test case on an expert engineers’ immunity from suit.
Australian IT supplier: Acting against an American IT company for breach of contract.

Real Estate Litigation

Landlord of a shopping center: Acting in the Federal Court of Australia on a test case on Australian consumer law.
Major NSW and Victorian landlords of shopping centers: Acting in respect of all aspects of retail lease disputes including, debt recovery, breach of lease, disruption claims, assignment of lease issues, make good issues, termination of lease and relief against forfeiture, including successfully terminating and taking possession of restaurants and bars and unconscionable conduct and false and misleading conduct claims.
Confidential clients: Acting for commercial and industrial owners in respect of all aspects of lease disputes, including conduct of cases before the Supreme Court of New South Wales on breach of lease issues:
- Australian consumer law disputes with tenants;
- property disputes, such as easements, nuisance and trespass.
Banks and financial institutions: Acting in respect of lease disputes.
Insolvency practitioners: Acting in respect of lease disputes.
Private/public housing company: Acting on lease disputes.
National Australian supermarket retailer: Assisting with not proceeding with a major development of a national supermarket chain due to commercial reasons and successfully settled the matter without proceeding to litigation.
National and international bulky goods and appliance retailer: Acting on:
- Assisting and advising on the redevelopment of a bulky goods center and loss of car park space and retail space, as well as substantial disruption to the business.
- Assisting and advising with regard to damage and disruption to the stores in a shopping center due to structural issues to the building.
- Providing general advice concerning tenant issues, debt recovery and litigation.
- Assisting with insolvency of tenants.
Restaurant chain: Successfully resolving proceedings against a landlord, in which the tenant successfully surrendered numerous leases due to economic downturn in the Sydney CBD.
Owners corporations and mortgagees: Acting in respect of all forms of strata disputes.
Confidential client: Successfully conducting litigation for real estate agents in respect of commissions and sales agreements. Act for banks and financial institutions in strata disputes.