Will Vogt is the principal and legal practice director of Vogt Legal, which has a particular expertise and emphasis in building and construction disputes.

Will’s clients include small to medium sized builders, subcontractors, tradesmen, strata companies and owners’ corporations, principals and homeowners.

Will is a panel solicitor with the Housing Industry Association and regularly receives referrals from other professional and regulatory bodies, such as, the Master Builders Association.

When advising in relation to building and construction disputes, Will draws upon his own knowledge and experience drawn from his time in the United Arab Emirates as the proprietor of his own construction services business prior to commencing his specialist building and construction practice in 2007.

Drawing on his excess of 20-years of experience in building and construction disputes and general litigation matters, Will advises clients at all stages of the life of their construction projects, including, advising on construction contracts and identification of contractual risk, designing and implementing strategies and practical, cost-effective solutions to avoid or mitigate risk.

Will regularly advises clients on all aspects of construction disputes, including, defective workmanship claims, contractual construction and interpretation, payment disputes, variation disputes and disputes involving the entitlement to claim extensions of time under the relevant construction contracts, disputes involving the termination of construction contracts.

Will has represented a range of clients, including acting as counsel, in contested hearings, interlocutory applications, mediations and pre-trial conferences trial and final hearings in the Supreme and District Court, Magistrates Court, the State Administrative Tribunal, domestic arbitrations and adjudications under the Former Provisions (Construction Contracts) Act 2004 (WA) and the Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021 (WA).

Most court hearings do not result in a published decision. However, examples of published decisions where Will has appeared as counsel securing a successful outcome on behalf of his client are found below:

TAGGART & O'NEILL v BGC RESIDENTIAL PTY LTD (Decision 16157) [2006] WABDT 2

PAROLA v PAROLA [2009]  WASC 190

NEDROC PTY LTD v WELLING [2016]  WASC 363

MKP MANAGEMENT PTY LTD v SHIRE OF KALAMUNDA [2020]  WASCA 130

FREITAS DOS SANTOS v MOORE [2020]  WASC 12

COOTE v SHIRE OF SERPENTINE JARRAHDALE [2022]  WASC 326

HARKFORD PTY LTD v COVENTRY SQUARE CONSTRUCTION PTY LTD [2013]  WADC 62

HARKFORD PTY LTD v COVENTRY SQUARE CONSTRUCTION PTY LTD [No 2] [2013]  WADC 148

DND BUILDING CO PTY LTD v JUSUF AND FADILA KOS trading as J & F KOS [2022]  WADC 8

AMPEZZO PTY LTD v FRANKEN [2009]  WASAT 109 (S)

AMPEZZO PTY LTD v FRANKEN [2009]  WASAT 109

HARVEY v DEKONING [2011]  WASAT 209

SHAKUR v AINTREE HOLDINGS PTY LTD T/A BEAUMONDE HOMES [2015]  WASAT 12

SHAKUR v  AINTREE HOLDINGS PTY LTD T/A BEAUMONDE HOMES [2015]  WASAT 31

DUMBRECK v TANGENT NOMINEES PTY LTD [2017]  WASAT 88

KOS v DND BUILDING CO PTY LTD [2020]  WASAT 95 (S)

KOS v DND BUILDING CO PTY LTD [2020]  WASAT 95

KATAFONI v CHALKBUILD PTY LTD [2020]  WASAT 133

HENDERSON v AINTREE HOLDINGS PTY LTD [2021]  WASAT 113

RELATIVE NETWORKS PTY LTD v OVVIARE PTY LTD [2023]  WADC 87

FREITAS DOS SANTOS v MOORE [No 2] [2022]  WASC 433

BERNARD GEORGE GRIEVE AND CHRISTINE RAE GRIEVE AND DISSOUDRE PTY LTD (ACN: 009 380 410) T/AS BG GRIEVE BUILDER v BRIAN ROBERT GOULD [2022]  WASC 413

SAKURA ENERGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD v YU [2020]  VSC 517

PETSOS v JUDD [2025]  WASAT 26

PHELAN v THOMPSON SUSTAINABLE HOMES WA Pty Ltd  [2025]  WASAT 25

ANDREWS t/as PSA CONSTRUCTION v SCHMIDT [2026] WADC 40

WHITE v STAPLES t/as JIM'S BUILDING INSPECTIONS (DUNCRAIG) [2026] WADC 49