Francis Tiernan KC

He has acted in numerous significant cases and arbitrations including:

• The Victorian Public Hospitals Cogeneration Project – arbitration (for Fletcher Constructions ats Varnsdorf);
• The Melbourne Crown Casino Project litigation (for Kennedy Taylor v. Grocon Contractors & Crown Limited);
• The Melbourne Citylink Project litigation (for the Transfield Obayashi Joint Venture ats Abigroup);
• The Emmaus College Project litigation (for the Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation v. Van Driel);
• The Southside Towers Development Project litigation (for Fletcher Constructions v. Southside Towers Pty Ltd);
• The Melbourne Museum Project litigation (for the Office of Major Projects ats Baulderstone Hornibrook);
• The MCG Northern Stand Project litigation (for the MCC ats Grocon);
• The Herald & Weekly Times building arbitration (for Australian Super Developments ats Denton Corker Marshall);
• The Princes Highway – Little River Section Project arbitration (for VicRoads ats Leightons);
• The Epworth Hospital Refurbishment special reference (for the Epworth Hospital ats Multiplex Contractors);
• The Ballarat Police & Courts Complex arbitration (for the Minister for Police & Emergency Services ats Abigroup);
• The TNT Laverton Airport Runway Project litigation (for CMW Design & Contractors Pty Ltd v. TNT Australia); BHP’s Olympic Dam Solvent Extraction Plant project litigation (for Steuler Services GmbH & Co KG (formerly Steuler Industriewerke GmbH) ats BHP & Protec));
• The Tasmanian Gas Piping Rollout Project arbitration (for Powerco Energy Services v. KT Pty Ltd);
• The Manningham Medical Centre arbitration (for Inoffice Partitions v. Manningham Medical);
• The Ingham’s Food Plant at Somerville – Waste Water Treatment Plant litigation (for Maddocks v. Ovivo Australia);
• The Victorian Desalination Project litigation and adjudication (for the State of Victoria ats AquaSure);
• The Perth Southwest Metropolitan Rail project litigation and adjudication (for O’Donnell Griffin v. The John Holland/Multiplex/McMahon Joint Venture);
• The 620 Collins Street Project litigation (for 620 Collins Street ats Abigroup);
• The VicRoads Ballarat to Burrumbeet Section of the Western Highway Project arbitration (for VicRoads ats John Holland);
• The Coal Tar Contamination of the former City of Richmond Site litigation (for the City of Yarra ats The Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board);
• The Sunraysia Modernisation Project arbitration – relating to the design and construction of a new irrigation system in Mildura (for the Lower Murray Rural Water Corporation ats GOLD Joint Venture between Guidera O’Connor and Leed Engineering).