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SBDC dispute resolution service saves millions for small business

AnnouncementsPublished on Dec 12th 2016

The Small Business Development Corporation (SBDC) recently thanked its mediators for their outstanding assistance throughout 2016. In the last financial year, the value of disputes successfully resolved through the SBDC mediation process was estimated at $5.2 million. Follow this link for details about the SBDC service

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$2m Construction Contract payment disputes determined

AnnouncementsPublished on Oct 24th 2016

Steve recently determined three payment claim disputes on a major government-building construction project. The three disputes were between the same parties on the same project. They involved approximately 150 separate contract variations.The total value of the claims was approximately $2 million.

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Perspective on the US Election and Global Political Landscape

AnnouncementsPublished on Sep 19th 2016

From Franklin Templeton (6 minutes)

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Family Agribusiness Dispute Resolved

AnnouncementsPublished on Sep 15th 2016

Steve recently successfully facilitated the resolution of a family agribusiness dispute by mediation. The business is substantial, including many thousands of hectares of land, substantial stock holdings, and production of multiple crops. The dispute involved siblings and also crossed generations of the family. It involved issues of estate planning, succession and orderly separation of assets […]

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Not a crisis, but a serious problem for the long haul

AnnouncementsPublished on Sep 14th 2016

From https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/rising-debt-not-a-crisis-but-a-ser… Testimony by Alice M. Rivlin, Senior Fellow – Economic Studies, Center for Health Policy, before the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress on September 8, 2016: …..our national debt is high in relation to the size of our economy and will likely rise faster than the economy can grow over the […]

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Amristar moving forward

AnnouncementsPublished on Aug 23rd 2016

Amristar Solutions Pty Ltd (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amristar Pty Ltd – formerly iDelve Pty Ltd) have engaged Lieblich & Associates as business consultant to assist with special projects. Steve was formerly on the Board of both companies for over ten years, much of that time, as Chairman. The Lieblich Superannuation Fund, which is […]

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Construction Contracts Act – Adjudication has taken on

AnnouncementsPublished on Aug 9th 2016

Since our last update in November 2016, we conducted six adjudications of payment claim disputes under the Construction Contracts Act (2004) WA. The disputed amounts have ranged from $30k to over $1 million. Steve has also successfully resolved two commercial disputes by mediation in the first half of 2016, and an expert-determination matter has also […]

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Dispute-Resolution Activity continues at a high rate

AnnouncementsPublished on Nov 5th 2015

Steve was appointed to adjudicate the following four disputes in October 2015 **adjudication of two payment-claim disputes under the Construction Contracts Act WA, between a contractor and subcontractor on a major public infrastructure building site. The aggregate value of the claims is approximately $2.5m. **adjudication of two payment-claim disputes under the Construction Contracts Act WA, […]

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Increased Dispute-Resolution Activity

AnnouncementsPublished on Oct 8th 2015

The first quarter of the 2015-16 financial year has been busy for Lieblich & Associates in the resolution of commercial disputes, the largest being over approximately $1.25 million, including the following in July and August of 2015: **adjudication of a payment-claim dispute under the Construction Contracts Act WA, between contractor and subcontractor on a commercial […]

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Disputes resolved in May include a $3million payment-claim dispute

AnnouncementsPublished on Jun 5th 2015

May has seen continued busy dispute-resolution activity, as listed below. The value of one of the payment disputes in the adjudications under the Construction Contracts Act (WA) set a record for Lieblich & Associates at almost $3million. **Adjudication of a payment-claim dispute of approximately $250k between a building management systems contractor and his client in […]

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