Year and Place of First Admission

1979, South Australia

Jurisdictions

Admitted in South Australia, New South Wales, ACT, Federal Court and Northern Territory of Australia.

Degrees

L.L.B. Adelaide University, 1977

Qualifications

LEADR Mediation Workshop May 2003; Supreme Court List of Mediators 2003; Advanced Mediation Skills Community Justice Centre, November 2003; Family Law Property Conciliation Course, October 2004; Relationships Australia, Mediation Competencies Course, January 2005; Relationships Australia, Family Law Mediation Training, June 2006; Delegate of the Commissioner of Business Tenancies, February 2006; Certificate in Adjudication, Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld), March 2009; Registered Adjudicator Northern Territory of Australia,  Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act (NT), May 2009;

Areas of Practice

David mainly practices in the area of Commercial Litigation but maintains a competency in Personal Injuries.  Matters David has dealt with recently were in the areas of Contract including Trade Practices Act, Loan Agreements, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Sale of Land, Severance of Joint Tenancy, Commercial Leases, Building Contracts, Sale of Businesses, Restraint of Trade, Joint Venture, Shareholder Agreement, Agency, Licences, Insurance Contract, Hire Agreement, Bad Workmanship, Sale of Patents, Boat Charter, Partnership Dissolution, Margin Lending, Banking; Personal Injuries including Brain Damage, Dog Bite, Scaffold Fall, Car Accidents, Assault, Occupiers, Work Injuries, Motor Accident Compensation Act Claims and recovery, Medical Negligence, Horse Fall; Corporations Act including Challenging Statutory Demands, Directors Duties, Shareholders Agreements, Appointment of Administrator; other areas: Trusts; Injunctions; Administrative Law; Procedure; Fatal Injuries; Estate Disputes; Security for Payments Act; Justices Appeals; Disciplinary Boards, Anti-Discrimination

Career

David was first admitted to practice as a solicitor in South Australia in 1979.  He moved to the Territory in January 1980 to work for the Darwin firm Ward Keller where he became a partner in 1986.  In 1984 David spent a 10 months working in the ACT.  David joined the Independent Bar on 1 February 1995. David has been a mediator for Relationships Australia and the Community Justice Centre and has been engaged as a private mediator in commercial matters.  He has mediated for the Commissioner of Business Tenancies.   David has been a member of the Law Society Council most recently from 2007 and has been a member of the Professional Indemnity Committee, Dispute Resolution Committee and Ethics Committee.  In 2009 David commenced conducting adjudications under the Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act (NT).  David for many years assisted the DCLS advice sessions and presently provides advice at NT Legal Aid civil advice sessions.

Contact Details

David Alderman
William Forster Chambers
26 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin NT 0800

PO Box 4369
DARWIN NT 0801

Tel: + 61 (0)8 8982 4700
Fax: + 61 (0)8 8941 1541
email: dalderman@williamforster.com