Contact Us

Level 8, AMP Building
140 St Georges Terrace
PERTH WA 6000
T: (08) 9321 3755
F: (08) 9321 3465
E: partners@kottgunn.com.au

Laurie James
Chairman of Partners LL.B (Hons)

Laurie James is Chairman and Senior In-House Counsel at Kott Gunning. His areas of practice include administrative law, construction law and alternative dispute resolution. His clients include local government instrumentalities and a wide range of participants in the building and construction industry. Laurie is a graded Arbitrator with the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia and a registered Adjudicator, Conciliator and Mediator with that Institute.

Laurie is a member of, or affiliated to, the following organisations:

  • Life Fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia, Vice-President of that Institute and a Past Chairman of its Western Australian Chapter;
  • Convenor of Western Australian Dispute Resolution (WADRA) Inc;
  • Member of the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration;
  • Member of the Law Council of Australia and Past National Chairman of the Construction and Infrastructure Law Committee;
  • Western Australian Energy Disputes Arbitrator, under the Energy Arbitration and Review Act 1998(WA).
Telephone: (08) 9483 0155
Fax: (08) 9321 3465