Agribusiness, Aquaculture & Farming Litigation

Our notable and relevant experience includes:

• Acted in Supreme Court proceedings for a son in a dispute over the family farm and claims of beneficial ownership
• Acted in Supreme Court proceedings defending claims by a financier that farming had not been conducted in a proper and skilful manner, and resisting the appointment of a receiver to the farm
• Advised investors in defence of claims by a financier relating to funding provided for investments in a eucalypt timber plantation managed investment scheme
• Acted for viticulturists in various disputes concerning construction of cellar door facilities, vineyard smoke contamination, and spoiling of warehoused stock
• Acted in a Supreme Court dispute relating to the proper construction of a pig supply agreement
• Advised on contractual disputes relating to grain source and supply contracts, and pricing on grain containerisation and transport
• Advised investors in a dispute over an unregistered managed investment scheme for sandalwood timber plantations and advice in relation to the insolvency of the plantation manager and plantation lessor
• Acted in various disputes between co-owners of farmland in York
• Acted for the manager and responsible entity of a vineyard managed investment scheme in contested Supreme Court proceedings for rent and management fees
• Acted for various farmers and pastoralists in relation to loan facility disputes with their banks and renegotiating their facilities, including debt forgiveness
• Acted for a large wheatbelt farmer in a multimillion dollar dispute concerning farm management agreements and grain sale and delivery contracts
• Acted for plaintiffs or defendants in various court actions concerning lease and sale of shark fishing licences, and the lease and sale of fishing vessels and associated plant and equipment