Meghan Griffiths

Meghan has experience working across boutique and mid-tier firms where she has acted in a wide variety of matters, primarily focusing on building, construction and strata disputes and commercial litigation.

Acting for developers, builders, subcontractors, owners corporations, companies and private clients, Meghan tailors her approach to meet the needs of her clients, providing honest, pragmatic and commercial advice. She prides herself on achieving excellent results for her clients.

Meghan regularly appears in State Courts and Tribunals, on a range of large scale construction disputes involving the engagement of multiple expert witnesses. 

 

Qualifications/Memberships

• Masters of Laws (Applied Law) – Commercial Litigation

• Bachelor of Laws (Macquarie University)

• Bachelor of Business (University of Newcastle)

• Law Society of New South Wales

 

A word from Meghan: 

The most fulfilling part of my role is assisting clients in resolving their problem in a logical, commercial and creative way to reach the best possible outcome for them. This is achieved by listening to my clients and understanding their needs to develop the right strategies.

I enjoy developing a relationship with my clients while resolving their matter and being someone they can trust and depend on to approach a dispute objectively, commercially and with an honest and practical strategy.

 

Career highlights:

• Winner of the Best Graduating Masters Student Prize in Commercial Litigation in 2020.

• Successfully represented a developer in Supreme Court of NSW proceedings where it was held that the directors of a construction company had breached their duties under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in declaring and paying dividends from funds received under the processes in the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW). The dividend payments were to be restored to the company for payment of debts to its creditors. The proceedings also involved an application for a stay of proceedings and successfully obtaining a freezing order.

• Successfully represented an owners corporation in a Court of Appeal matter involving a statutory warranty breach under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) with respect to combustible cladding. It was determined that the respondents had breached a statutory warranty and were ordered to remove and replace the combustible cladding with non-combustible cladding.

• Successfully acted for the plaintiff in a contractual dispute in Supreme Court of NSW proceedings which determined that the plaintiff did not engage in unconscionable conduct. This meant that the Deed of Guarantee had contractual effect and our client was entitled to the full amount of the claim sought plus interest and costs.

• Growing and managing a portfolio of debt recovery work and achieving successful recoveries on hundreds of matters over multiple years.

 

Specific areas of focus:

• Building defect claims and general building and construction disputes 

• Breaches of statutory warranty

• Security of Payment Act (SOPA) claims and defences

• Strata disputes

• Commercial disputes

• Debt recovery and insolvency