Francis Tiernan QC

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).