Nicholas Floreani KC

• Arbitrators & Mediators
• Commercial Law
• Inquests & Inquiries
• Insurance & Reinsurance
• Professional Negligence
• Public Law

Nick Floreani KC is a leading commercial silk specialising in construction and professional indemnity disputes.

As well as having significant experience in litigation in all State and Territory superior Courts, including at intermediate level, Nick has developed an expertise in all forms of alternative dispute resolution.

Nick acts for major construction, development and mining related companies in a wide range of matters in all State and Territory superior courts, including at intermediate level and in ADR processes, arbitration, adjudication, expert determinations, and mediations.

He regularly appears unled before Australian Defence Force Disciplinary Tribunals (Court Martials and Defence Force Magistrates) in his role as a Squadron Leader (Reserve Legal Officer) in the Royal Australian Air Force. In 2020, Nick acted on behalf of a Defence Member in the Inspector-General ADF Afghanistan Inquiry into the conduct of Australia’s Special Operations Task Group in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Australian Centre for International Arbitration (ACICA) and sits on several panels including Singapore International Mediation Institute, ACICA, Resolution Institute, Asian International Arbitration Centre, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Centre and Essential Services Commission of South Australia.

Nick has been recognised in Doyle’s Guide as a leading construction dispute resolution, commercial litigation and arbitration barrister and mediator.

He is available to accept briefs in litigation in all courts and ADR processes. He is also available to act as arbitrator, mediator or expert determiner in construction related disputes.

Click here to view Nick’s Curriculum Vitae.

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