Employment

From the first warning to the final settlement.

Unfair dismissal

Redundancy

Contracts and restraints

Bullying and discrimination

Workplace investigations

Eleanor Hart

Eleanor Hart

Partner, with Ben Harlow

A tradesman working at his bench

21

days

Dismissed today? You have 21 days to lodge a claim.

Family

A calm separation, with your children kept in view.

Parenting arrangements

Consent orders

Property settlement

Child support

Separation agreements

Tom Weller

Tom Weller

Partner, with Ella Brennan

A mother lifting her child against a curtained window

12

months

Divorced today? You have 12 months to apply.

Property

Every clause read before you sign.

Buying and selling homes

Commercial leases

Off-the-plan purchases

Subdivisions

Title and boundary disputes

Clare Morgan

Clare Morgan

Partner, with Jack Mercer

A woman at the window of an empty apartment

3

business days

Signed today? You have 3 business days to cool off.

Business

Deals built to hold up when something goes wrong.

Buying or selling a business

Business structures

Shareholder agreements

Statutory demands

Supplier contracts

Daniel Kerr

Daniel Kerr

Partner, with Ben Harlow

Two people talking in an office above the water

21

days

Served a statutory demand today? You have 21 days.

Disputes

Most disputes settle. We prepare every one as if it won’t.

Contract disputes

Negotiation and mediation

Debt recovery

Court proceedings

Defending a claim

Ruth Ashby

Ruth Ashby

Partner, with Liam Doyle

A young man on the phone by a frosted window

6

years

Contract broken today? You have 6 years to start a claim.

Wills & Estates

Plan what happens next, and leave no dispute behind.

Wills

Estate administration

Powers of attorney

Contested wills

Probate

Henry Blake

Henry Blake

Founding partner, with Ella Brennan

An older man reading by a window

6

months

Probate granted today? You have 6 months to contest the will.

Questions people ask first

What we hear before almost every first call. Anything else, ask the partner who rings you back.

Yes. The first call, up to twenty minutes, costs nothing. If we take your matter on, the fee is agreed in writing before any work starts.

Yes. The first call, up to twenty minutes, costs nothing. If we take your matter on, the fee is agreed in writing before any work starts.

A fixed fee where the work is predictable, and an estimate for each stage where it isn’t. Either way it’s in writing before we start, and if it’s going to change, we tell you first.

A fixed fee where the work is predictable, and an estimate for each stage where it isn’t. Either way it’s in writing before we start, and if it’s going to change, we tell you first.

Your partner runs it and brings in the partner for the other area. You still have one person to call and one fee agreement.

Your partner runs it and brings in the partner for the other area. You still have one person to call and one fee agreement.

Sometimes, but never plan on it. Some limits start from a different day than you’d expect, so call us before you rely on any date on this page.

Sometimes, but never plan on it. Some limits start from a different day than you’d expect, so call us before you rely on any date on this page.

Yes. Your partner runs the matter from the first call to the last letter, with one associate who knows your file as well as they do.

Yes. Your partner runs the matter from the first call to the last letter, with one associate who knows your file as well as they do.

Both. In employment and disputes we act for either side, but never for both sides of the same matter.

Both. In employment and disputes we act for either side, but never for both sides of the same matter.

We’ll say so on the first call and name a firm that can. It costs you nothing.

We’ll say so on the first call and name a firm that can. It costs you nothing.

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