Khalid Al-Suwaidi

Civil dispute over an off-plan delay penalty. The contractual liquidated-damages clause was tight and the developer fought it hard. Outcome was a partial recovery rather than the full amount, but the analysis upfront was honest about that risk.

Reviewed a construction contract before I signed it as the employer. Pulled out three clauses that would have shifted unreasonable risk onto me and renegotiated each one. Practical and commercial, not just legal.

Represented me before the Rental Disputes Centre on a non-renewal where my landlord had served notice three weeks short of twelve months. The committee accepted our point on the notarised twelve-month rule and the eviction order was set aside.

Drafted a tenancy-renewal addendum that protected against an unreasonable rent hike when the contract came due. Clear advice, fair fee. One note: response time slowed during the silly-season period, but it was within bounds.

Acted for me on a construction snag dispute with a developer. He pushed for the JOPD remediation route under the strata law rather than going straight to litigation, which got the issues fixed faster and at no cost to me.