Laurie James

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).