Andrew Blogg

Andrew Blogg BSc, LLB
Partner
Phone: +61 3 8600 6036
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Andrew has been a partner with Aitken Partners since 1990 and is presently the Managing Partner of the firm. He is an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation.

He acts for individuals, partnerships and small, medium and large private companies who are conducting or involved in a wide range of businesses including farming and agricultural enterprises and frequently acts in disputes concerning a family business or enterprise.

Andrew’s preferred approach is to resolve disputes in order to avoid costly and often emotionally charged litigation, but is equally adept at representing his clients in all courts. He has represented his clients in all State Courts from the Magistrates’ Court to the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court and in the Federal Courts including the Federal Magistrates’ Court, Federal Court and the High Court.

Andrew has expertise in advising persons of their entitlements under the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act when their land is compulsorily acquired.

Andrew was a member of the Commercial Litigation Advisory Committee of the Specialisation Board of the Law Institute of Victoria from March 2002 to early 2008 where he acted as an examiner on applications for specialisation for commercial litigation. He was a director of Public Interest Law Clearing House from 1996 to 2004 which reflects his commitment to pro-bono work by the legal profession.

Andrew is also responsible for conducting a large volume of prosecutions for by-law infringements for the Melbourne Market Authority.

Experience

  • acting for a number of claimants in relation to the compulsory acquisition of their properties by government authorities for the North-South Pipeline, the Craigieburn Bypass and the Wonthaggi desalination plant including conducting matters in the Land Valuation List of the Victorian Civil and Administration Tribunal and the Valuation, Compensation and Planning List of the Supreme Court. Compensation was for both for the loss of the land and the business and its future profits;
  • acting for partners where there has been concerns that other partners are misappropriating monies from the partnership;
  • acting for a guarantor seeking to recover monies paid under a guarantee from co-guarantors;
  • acting for a client of a real estate agency where there has been a material non-disclosure about a sale by the agency;
  • acting for a client in a dispute with a bank where the information about a financial product may have been misleading;
  • Supreme Court and High Court litigation on behalf of an Indian manufacturer when its supply agreement with a Ballarat business was wrongfully terminated;
  • Supreme Court litigation on behalf of a family member where ownerships of assets of a multi-million dollar family business are in dispute;
  • Supreme Court litigation in relation to a dispute between joint venturers regarding a joint venture to develop a building in the Melbourne CBD;
  • litigation for the liquidator of a number of telecommunications businesses on several complex issues including preference claims;
  • prosecuting a planning application in VCAT for a development of a golf course accommodation facility at Phillip Island;
  • litigation on behalf of family member in respect of disputed trust arrangements concerning the ownership of a family property valued at $20m;
  • advising a financial services provider on a professional indemnity insurance claim in respect of a claim against a new employee arising from his work with his former employee;
  • advising and issuing Federal Court proceedings for a paper supply business concerning the replacement of a liquidator to one of its customers when its customer went into liquidation and it was perceived that the liquidator had a conflict of interest in continuing to act; and
  • conducting Supreme Court litigation on behalf of an agricultural equipment manufacturer in a dispute with a former contractor who was manufacturing similar products in breach of the manufacturer’s intellectual property rights which included registration and revocation of a design under the (C’th) Designs Act 2003.
  • Several FOI applications for clients, including:
    • multiple applications on behalf of unChain St Kilda against the City of Port Phillip around a proposed development known as the ‘St Kilda Triangle’
    • prior to current panel, on behalf of the Department of Treasury and Finance.

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