Kim Lovegrove RML, F.A.I.B

Kim Lovegrove RML, FAIB is a senior consultant with Lovegrove & Cotton Lawyers Pty Ltd; was a consultant to the World Bank 2016/2017; a past Conjoint Professor of Building Regulation and Certification at the University of Newcastle (New South Wales); Past Chairman Building Practitioners Board Victoria; Chairman of the Centre for Best Practice Building Control; Past President for the Northern Chapter of the New Zealand Institute of Building and a past President of the Australian Institute of Building (Victorian Chapter). Kim Lovegrove is increasingly being deployed in an advisory capacity to advise policy makers and law reformers in offshore jurisdictions on best practice building control and building regulatory ‘holistics’.

On the 24th of June, 2017, Kim Lovegrove RML, FAIB was awarded the RML – Royal Medal of the Lion by Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie (President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia and grandson of the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie). The Lion symbolises the Lion of Judah, which was also one of the titles of the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. This award was in recognition of Kim’s humanitarian endeavours in Ethiopia, where he and the firm sponsored the Lawyer position at the Hope for Children Organisation.

Lovegrove & Cotton Lawyers Pty Ltd

This construction law firm was established in Melbourne in 1993. There are areas of the law where the firm is without peer, primarily in the construction-related sector. The firm possesses a level of expertise that has contributed to the legal fabric of the construction industry and modern day building regulation. This is a key indicator of the benchmarks and standard of excellence at Lovegrove & Cotton.

The firm has evolved into a practice that provides expertise in all facets of construction law, including but not limited to regulatory law reform and dispute resolution for large to medium cases.