We are a virtual law firm specialising in Dispute Resolution and Litigation and Restructuring and Insolvency. We also offer Corporate and Commercial serves as well as Wills & Estates, in-house legal services, alternative dispute resolution and Town Agency services. Click on the rings below for detailed information about how we can assist you further.
Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Disputes happen, that’s life. Sometimes we don’t get a choice about what happens to us or our business; but we do get to decide how to deal with it. That’s where we come in.
We have the knowledge, skills and experience to protect and defend your rights in a dispute. Because disputes can be costly and damaging to businesses and relationships, we make it our top priority to help you resolve it as early as possible to minimise any negative impacts for you.
We use a range of strategies to analyse and assess the key issues, stress points and available outcomes to provide you with necessary and effective assistance to resolve the dispute. We also use new and emerging technology wherever possible to minimise costs and boost efficiencies so we can act swiftly on your behalf.
Sometimes litigation is unavoidable, and out of your control. If this occurs, we will work with you to achieve the best outcome and resolution tailored to suit you or your business needs.
Stages of a dispute
There are generally three main stages of a dispute and we can assist you with all of them.
- Pre-dispute
Early intervention is the best way to prevent a dispute from become a wrecking ball and causing major disruption to your business and life. Where disputes arise it is essential that you are able to manage the risk to ensure that your business can continue to function and do what it does best. Effective dispute and risk management cannot be underestimated, especially for businesses. A robust dispute and risk management strategy is essential so any disputes that occur can be dealt with promptly, efficiently and cost-effectively to minimise any negative impacts. It’s also critical that your business has effective commercial documentation that properly records the terms of any dealings and clearly outlines how, when and with whom you need to communicate in the event of a dispute. - During the dispute
It seems obvious but here we need to establish that a dispute is actually happening. Although it sounds easy it is often very difficult and may not always be obvious. Fortunately, we have the skills in a range of effective dispute resolution procedures and methods to identify the dispute and take steps to resolve it. Early intervention at this point is really important as it can potentially save you tens of thousands of dollars in future legal costs.
Where litigation or court proceedings become necessary we can act for you to protect and defend your rights and to efficiently and effectively run any litigation or court proceedings to a resolution. - Post dispute
The dispute has been resolved but that’s not the end yet. We will continue to assist you to ensure that you are able to properly and effectively implement any resolution (whether by agreement or Court Judgment) and to enforce and protect your rights and any Judgment obtained.
We can also assist you to strengthen your business and personal structures to guard you against future disputes and their impacts and to effectively manage those risks. Because, let’s face it, life’s too short for multiple disputes.
Alternative dispute resolution
Whether prior to litigation or during proceedings, we can assist you with a wide variety of other methods to assist you to resolve your dispute:
- Mediation
- Formal and informal settlement conferences
- Negotiation
- Conciliation & Arbitration Early Natural Evaluations
- Expert determinations
Our full list of services include:
- Commercial disputes
- Property disputes
- Consumer Disputes
- Contract disputes
- Corporations matters
- Director and Shareholder & Partnership disputes
- Professional Negligence Claims
- Building and Construction disputes
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission & other regulatory Litigation
- Banking & Finance litigation
- Fraud
- Crisis Management and Litigation Support
- Risk Management
- Debt management and recovery
- Defamation
- Tax disputes and Litigation