"Peter Chandra’s mission is to achieve success for clients, LAC Lawyers Pty Ltd and everyone at LAC Lawyers Pty Ltd through honesty, sincerity, integrity, promptness and excellence in provision of legal services and administration."
Peter Chandra is the Legal Practitioner Director of LAC Lawyers Pty Ltd since its inception 4 years ago with legal responsibility for LAC Lawyers Pty Ltd as set out under the various Legal Profession Legislations.
Peter has practised as a legal practitioner for about 15 years having practised at a major national law firm for about 11 years prior to joining LAC Lawyers Pty Ltd.
Areas of Legal practice that Peter has undertaken work in are:
- Aviation products liability including hangarkeepers’ liability, aviation regulators’ and service providers’ liability e.g. air traffic controllers’ liability, airport owners’ liability, aircraft (fixed and rotary wing) and aircraft component manufacturers’ liability; aircraft owners and charterers liability; general aviation law, litigation
- Building and Construction law including matters under Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 1999 (NSW), Home Building Act 1989 (NSW), recovery of unpaid funds under other building contracts and litigation
- Business and Commercial Law including litigation
- Criminal and motor traffic matters
- Family Law including defacto relationships, prenuptial agreements, litigation, mediation
- Insurance Law including large scale claims management, bordereaux management over a decade, insurance policy advice, recovery of funds under insurer’s rights of subrogation
- Product Liability and Public Liability Law – for plaintiffs and insurers including food, consumer products and occupiers’ liability, Trade Practices and commonlaw
- Professional Indemnity Law involving architects, builders and other professions
- Taking evidence for foreign tribunal in Australia
- Advising foreign law firms on Australian Law of torts, products liability and damages
Qualifications
- Master of Laws (UTS Sydney)
- Diploma in Law (NSW – SAB)
- Graduate Diploma in Export (Australian Institute of Export)
- Business Management Certificate (TAFE NSW)
- Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (College of Law NSW)
- Avionics Electronics Certificate (Department of Civil Aviation, Brisbane Australia)
Memberships
- Law Society of New South Wales
- Australian Society of Air Safety Investigators ( plus ISASI)
- Aviation Law Association of Australia & New Zealand
- Defense Research Institute (USA)
- Australian Institute of Export (NSW)
- Chatswood Chamber of Commerce (NSW)
Admitted to
- Supreme Court of New South Wales
- Supreme Court of Queensland
- Supreme Court of Victoria
- All Federal Courts in Australia including High Court of Australia
Registered to Practice in
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Victoria
Language Skills