Commercial & Corporate Litigation · Sydney & NSW
A contract has been breached, a partner has walked, or a claim has landed that could take your year. You get a NSW solicitor who has appeared in the Local, District, Supreme and Federal Courts, with AI-assisted discovery and research that removes the single biggest cost line in litigation.
Is this you?
The decisions that determine the cost of a commercial dispute are made in the first few weeks, usually before anything is filed. That is the point at which advice is worth the most and costs the least.
Any of these apply? A thirty minute consultation costs nothing and will tell you what your real position is. Call 0480 893 317 or request a call back.
Scope of work
Commercial disputes across the NSW and Federal court hierarchy, for businesses and for individuals with a commercial claim.
Time critical
The cost of litigation is set less by the size of the claim than by how well the first six weeks are run.
In the NSW courts a defence is generally due within 28 days of service. Missing it invites default judgment, which then takes a separate application to unwind.
If you need to stop conduct, delay is itself evidence against you. Applications for urgent relief are strongest when brought immediately.
Generally six years from the breach in NSW, with shorter periods for some claims. Waiting also degrades the evidence you will need to prove the case.
Once a dispute is reasonably anticipated, relevant documents must be preserved. Putting the hold in place early avoids serious problems at discovery.
Lawyer-led, AI-assisted
In most commercial cases, discovery and document review is the largest single cost and the least strategic work in the file. That is precisely what AI is best at, and it is why our litigation budgets look different to a traditional firm.
Our systems scan thousands of pages instantly to surface the documents that matter, so review time is spent on the twenty documents that decide the case.
Authorities are located and tested quickly, so pleadings, submissions and interlocutory applications are drafted from a complete picture rather than a partial one.
A well resourced opponent normally wins by outspending you. When your cost base is lower that tactic stops working, and settlement discussions change tone.
Typical task times, Law Flow compared with a traditional firm
| Task | Other firms | Law Flow | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract review | 4 to 6 hrs | 30 to 45 mins | ~80% |
| Legal research | 10+ hrs | 2 hrs | ~80% |
| Initial drafting | 2 to 3 hrs + | 30 mins or less | ~75% |
Law Flow runs with low staff and office overheads, using AI in place of junior employees and virtual meeting spaces instead of commercial offices. The savings are passed on to you. Figures are indicative and vary with the matter.
Tell us what you are dealing with and you will get a scope and a price for the next step, not an hourly estimate.
Book A ConsultationHow it works
Thirty minutes with Tristan, not an intake officer. You explain the situation, he tells you where you stand and what the deadlines are.
You get a written scope and a price for the next stage before any work starts. No open-ended retainer, no surprise invoices.
The documents, ledgers and authorities are processed at speed, then reviewed by your solicitor. This is the stage traditional firms bill hardest.
Advice, negotiation, drafting and advocacy are done by the lawyer with carriage of your file, and you deal with him directly throughout.
Cost
Uncontrolled legal costs are the reason good commercial claims get abandoned. We budget by stage, and we tell you when a claim is not commercially worth running.
Thirty minutes to assess the claim, the likely path and the realistic range of outcomes.
Pre-action, pleadings, discovery, evidence and hearing are each quoted so you approve the next stage before it begins.
Letters of demand, dispute triage and defence assessments are commonly quoted as a fixed fee.
Your lawyer
Tristan Burt
Principal Solicitor
Tristan is the person who listens to your situation, understands your goals and builds the strategy. He is a NSW registered solicitor with years of experience from top-tier firms across Australia, Asia and Europe, and has built Law Flow’s AI systems to amplify his judgement, not replace it. He is the ultimate decision maker on your matter.
Common questions
Many resolve within a few months through pre-action correspondence and mediation. A matter that runs to a contested hearing in the District or Supreme Court is more commonly a one to two year process. The strategy we recommend depends on which of those you can commercially tolerate.
It depends on the amount claimed and the relief sought. Broadly, the Local Court handles claims up to $100,000, the District Court up to $750,000, and the Supreme Court above that or where equitable relief such as an injunction is sought. Some claims, including many under the Australian Consumer Law and the Corporations Act, can be brought in the Federal Court.
A successful party usually recovers a proportion of its costs, commonly in the range of sixty to seventy percent on the ordinary basis. Costs recovery is a factor in strategy but rarely a complete answer, which is why controlling the spend from the start matters.
Used properly it is the opposite. Courts have been clear that AI output must be verified by the lawyer, and that is exactly how we work. Every citation and submission is checked by the solicitor responsible for the file. Our AI use follows the Law Society of NSW Statement on the Use of AI in Australian Legal Practice, and client material is handled under business grade terms that prohibit it being used to train AI models.
Yes. We regularly review live matters, give a frank assessment of the position and the likely spend to finish, and take carriage where that makes sense. Bring the pleadings and the last few invoices to the consultation.
Next step
Thirty minutes with the solicitor who would run your matter. Bring the contract and the correspondence, and you will leave the call with a view on merits, cost and timing.
