Guy Douglas
BA(Hons), LLB(Hons 1st class), PhDGuy specialises in commercial litigation and dispute resolution. His areas of practice include property and leasing, building and construction (including arbitrations and adjudications), corporations and partnerships, professional negligence, deceased estates and trusts, employment law, planning, strata titles and general contractual disputes.
Guy regularly appears as counsel in federal and state courts and tribunals in Western Australia.
In addition to acting for clients in court actions and tribunals, Guy also brings his experience in legal disputes to structuring agreements and drafting legal documents designed to anticipate and prevent costly legal disputes.
Guy founded the firm in 2013, and was previously a partner at Hotchkin Hanly lawyers, and before that, he was a lawyer at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King and Wood Mallesons), in Perth and in Melbourne.
The vast majority of cases settle before a hearing, and most court hearings don’t result in a published decision. However, below are some examples of published decisions where Guy appeared as counsel in courts and tribunals and secured a successful outcome on behalf of his client:
Owners of Strata Plan 58161 and Hanssen Pty Ltd [2022] Wasat 77
Jetpoint Nominees Pty Ltd and Lee [2021] WASAT 10
Auro Pty Ltd v Drage [2020] WADC 24 (S)
Pave Wealth Services Pty Ltd -v- Danielle Jones as Executrix of the Estate of Michael Frederick Jones [2020] WADC 16
Crosby v Quebec Nominees Pty Ltd & Ors [2019] FCCA 2797
McManus and Local Government Standards Panel [2019] WASAT 50
Hodsdon and Local Government Standards Panel [2019] WASAT 49
Strzelecki Holdings Pty Ltd -v- Beach Cafe Investments Pty Ltd [2018] WADC 132
McBurney -v- Variety WA Incorporated [2018] WASC 57
Consolaro -v- Consolaro [No 2] [2017] WASC 320
Shen -v- Coventry Village Pty Ltd [2017] WADC 147
Ziverts -v- City Of Albany [2016] WASC 94
Nhung Huy Duong and Coventry Village Pty Ltd [2016] WASAT 32
Coventry Village Pty Ltd -v- R-Australia Group Pty Ltd [2016] WADC 32
The Owners of Raffles Waterfront Strata PLAN 48545 and Topic [2016] WASAT 30
Kyra Phillips -v- MVJ Enterprises Pty Ltd [2015] WAIRComm 204
Strzelecki Holdings Pty Ltd -v- Clark [2014] WADC 153
BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd -v- Marsh [2013] WADC 133
Strzelecki Holdings Pty Ltd -v- Mark Anthony [2013] WADC 87
Strzelecki Holdings Pty Ltd -v- Jorgensen [2013] WADC 121
Strzelecki Holdings Pty Ltd -v- Wiebel [2013] WADC 27
Rohanna Pty Ltd -v- Nu-Steel Homes Adelaide Pty Ltd [2013] WASC 109
Bradley and Burran Construction Pty Ltd [2011] WASAT 51
Chen -v- Awap Sgt 26 Investment Ltd [2010] WASC 230
Primewest (Lot 4 Davidson Street Kalgoorlie) Pty Ltd -v- Broadwater Hospitality Management Pty Ltd [2009] WASC 304
Boase -v- Axis International Management Pty Ltd [2009] WASC 331
Gullotti v Coad (No.2) [2007] FMCA 750 (18 May 2007)
Gullotti v Coad [2007] FMCA 525 (11 April 2007)