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The Litigation Team has many years’ experience in litigation in all jurisdictions, particularly the Magistrates, County and Supreme Courts and the Federal Courts. 

We understand the risks, stresses and financial costs that a dispute can cause.  We always aim to guide our client to achieving the most practical, beneficial and cost-effective outcome.

If a resolution cannot be reached, we have the experience and ability to confidently litigate your case.

We can help you with:

• Agricultural disputes
• Contract disputes
• Debt collection
• Deceased Estates
• Insolvency
• Partnership disputes
• Property disputes
• Torts including negligence, nuisance, defamation and medical negligence.

Our Corporate & Commercial Team acts for a variety of clientele, advising on a range of strategic legal issues for their expansion and divestment strategies.  We seek to remove complexity, strive for clarity, to anticipate and manage risks and to develop solutions for our commercial clients.

We can assist you with:

• Business structures
• Charges, PPSR registration and mortgages
• Franchises
• Partnership partitions
• Sale or purchase of a business or other business transactions
• Advice on a wide range of commercial contracts
• Shareholder, partnership and joint venture agreements
• Distribution supply agency and other trade agreements

Our Corporate and Personal Insolvency Team understand the importance of being able to offer our clients unique restructuring advice in times of financial hardship. 

Our lawyers appreciate the importance of providing commercially sound and practical outcomes depending upon the client’s particular needs.

We can advise on the protection, preservation, realisation or structuring of assets.

We can advise and assist you in the areas of:

• Voluntary administrations
• Creditor and member voluntary liquidations
• Corporate voluntary arrangements and schemes of arrangement
• Receiverships
• Director responsibilities
• Creditor claims including statutory demands
• Restructuring initiatives
• Personal insolvency agreements
• Annulment applications

We understand family law is an emotional experience for our clients.

Our lawyers are professional, empathetic and considerate. 

We provide a complete range of family law services for married and de facto couples.  Our Family Law Team offers a results-driven and client focused approach in dealing with issues relating to separation and divorce, parental agreements and responsibility, division of matrimonial and de facto assets and child support.   

We work collaboratively across other areas of the practice to draw advice on the complicated financial and taxation issues associated with companies, trusts, partnerships and superannuation funds which often arise in the context of a separation or divorce.

We undertake privately funded and some legally-aided family law matters. 

We offer the following services to our family law clients:

• Mediation
• Division of Property
• Divorce
• De facto and same sex disputes
• Binding Financial Agreements
• Parenting matters
• Child Support and Spousal Maintenance
• Child Protection

Our Criminal Law Team delivers timely and cost effective service. 

We understand that the process of going to court is stressful and we are happy to provide you with some peace of mind on the possible outcomes in your matter.

We can advise and assist you in the areas of:

• Summary and Indictable Crime including Murder, Attempted Murder, Culpable Driving, Assaults, Burglary, Theft and Drug Offences
• Traffic Offences including Drink Driving, Drive Whilst Suspended and Careless Driving
• Bail Applications in all Courts
• Breaching offences including breach of sexual offender reporting requirements, breach of suspended sentences and breach of a Community Corrections Order
• Appeals to the higher Courts on severity of sentence or on a point of law

Our Wills and Estate team can guide you through the process of will preparation and some of the more complex will structures including testamentary trusts or special purpose trusts; to ensure your wishes are properly documented and your estate transferred to your beneficiaries as you intended. 

We can also advise on the appointment of Enduring Powers of Attorney to ensure your wishes are carried out should you become incapacitated and unable to manage your own affairs.

Our team can also guide you through the process of applying for probate and dealing with deceased estates and ensuring the distribution of assets is handled in the least stressful way.

We can advise and assist you in the areas of:

• Application for probate (including Letters of Administration) 
• Distribution of assets
• Disputed estates
• Wills
• Administration of Deceased Estates
• Family Provision Disputes
• General non-enduring power of attorney
• Enduring power of attorney
• Enduring power of attorney (medical treatment)

All areas of Property Law are covered by our experienced team from the most straight-forward deal through to complex issues.  Our legal team is equipped to provide solutions for all your real property requirements

We can advise and assist you in the areas of:

• The development of sub-divisional land and property developments
• Commercial and retail leasing
• Rural Properties (including orchards and dairy farms) 
• Water law 
• Residential conveyancing
• GST and stamp duty advice 
• The acquisition of property in various structures including superannuation funds 
• Property joint ventures and development agreements