Fight a Claim

We can help you fight back, fast.

Is a Security of Payment claim being made against you? We can help you fight back with expert insight.

If you’ve been served a Security of Payment Claim, time is of the essence. Adjudication is fast and unforgiving – catching builders, subcontractors, and homeowners off guard. If you don’t act quickly, you could end up paying more than you should.

Get peace of mind and let your expert team of construction lawyers, adjudicators and engineers do the heavy lifting for you.

We’ll help you with:

Strategic drafting of payment schedules
Expertly crafted adjudication responses
Challenging adjudication determinations
Negotiating to minimize your costs
To defend yourself and fight the claim
To avoid huge legal costs
Negotiating a favourable outcome

We’ll help get your projects back on track with a tailored strategy and expert guidance, ensuring you take the best course of action to minimise both risks and costs.

We Fight to Win. Period.

This isn’t just law, it’s war.
We’re the hired guns who don’t miss. Every move is calculated. Whether we hit fast or negotiate with precision, it’s all about pressure and results. When it gets brutal, the serious players call us.

60+ Years of Construction Law Expertise

We’ve crushed over $400+ million in disputes and clocked 60+ years in the game. This isn’t our first rodeo – it’s our arena. We know every loophole, every move, and how to play it to win. Others dabble in construction law. We own it.

3 In-House Adjudicators, including the Chief

We don’t just play the adjudication game – we run it. With three adjudicators on our team, including the Chief, we know how to weaponise the process to your advantage. We’ve sat in the decision-maker’s chair, now we’re in your corner.

95% Success Rate. Fast.

In this game, hesitation costs, and we don’t flinch. We move fast, strike hard, and get money back in your hands where it belongs. Construction disputes are a race against time. No one hits harder or faster than us.

Strict Timelines Apply! Adjudication under Security of Payment laws, have very strict timelines in which to reply. Get in touch right away if you are facing a claim you do not wish to pay. Failure to act can have huge financial consequences.

Fight your claim.

Lauderdale is the only firm in NSW, that employs not one, not two, but THREE accredited adjudicators, including the Chief Adjudicator of Adjudicate Today.

We have inside tips and tricks like nobody’s business.