Construction / Infrastructure Law
Ben Millman
Recognized in Ones to Watch since 2027 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Ben is an associate in the firm’s disputes team.
Ben has experience working on a broad range of commercial disputes, including representing a number of clients in the building and construction industry. Ben also provides front-end contract and risk advice, primarily to the firm’s commercial construction industry clients.
His experience includes:
- acting in a multi-million dollar claim in respect of monies paid pursuant to latent conditions and variations under a bespoke Design & Construct Contract;
- defending a large commercial contractor in respect of a multi-party apportionable liability claim, about alleged defects;
- acting for both claimants and respondents, including principals, head contractors and sub-contractors, in relation to matters arising under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 (SA); and
- acting in various corporate, director and shareholder disputes.
Ben has gained experience in a number of jurisdictions across Australia, including in all Courts in South Australia, and the Supreme Courts of New South Wales and Northern Territory.
Overview
- Gender: Male
- High Court of Australia
- Supreme Court of South Australia
- High Court of Australia
- Supreme Court of South Australia
- Gender: Male
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Australia™ 2027 for work in:
- Construction / Infrastructure Law
Q&A
I work in the commercial disputes and building and construction teams. As part of this, I act in building and construction disputes, provide front-end advice on building contracts, and act in a variety of general commercial disputes. I think the unique part of working across both teams, and in particular the commercial disputes team, is the variety of matters that I get to work on. It could be anything from providing advice on a multimillion-dollar construction contract, acting in disputes between company directors or shareholders, challenging decisions made by local governments, or anything in between.
Nothing really springs to mind, but some clients like asking during an initial meeting if we think they’ll win in court.
Probably having a matter go to trial last year. I was given quite a bit of responsibility and pretty well ran the matter with the barrister that we had engaged, so it was good learning opportunity for me. The parties involved weren’t huge fans of each other either, which made things interesting.
I think from a construction perspective having to understand not only the law but also how things work on site and the different building terminology.
Not particularly, I think I was just attracted to the variety and challenging nature of the work that both general commercial and construction disputes throw at you.
Playing golf and, if you ask my girlfriend, buying too much wine.
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