Michael Ilott Email & Phone Number

Michael specialises in commercial and construction litigation, primarily advising corporates, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and government. Recent litigation matters Michael has acted in include:Representing the government authority which owns the major dams in South East Queensland in a Royal Commission into the Queensland floods. The inquiry is addressing allegations that in excess of 20,000 homes and businesses were inundated following the release of flood waters from the dams;Defending a government owned corporation in Federal Court litigation regarding allegations that the construction of a major dam in Southern Queensland did not comply with Federal environmental approvals;Defended a private mining company in numerous disputes with a joint venturer in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court in which the joint venturer sought orders forcing the collapse of the joint venture;Acting for insolvency practitioners seeking to enforce pre-sale contracts of partially completed developments;Acting for major mining companies in a broad range of judicial reviews of government decision making;Acting in a number of arbitrations including price arbitrations under mining contracts; and Acting in a number of expert determinations, including determinations of price adjustments under business sale contracts

Listed skills include Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, and 4 others.