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When business or personal disputes arise, resolving them efficiently and effectively is critical to protecting your interest and minimising disruption.

Contract breaches, partnership and shareholder disputes, trade practices claims, debt recovery and business sale disputes.

Personal grievances, unfair dismissal claims, restraint of trade enforcement, workplace investigations and Employment Relations Authority proceedings.

Boundary disputes, easement and access rights, lease disputes, building and construction claims and Property Law Act proceedings.

Will challenges, family provision claims, executor disputes and trust matters.

Claims against lawyers, accountants, financial advisers and other professionals.

Family Mediation is an important tool to use following a separation. Our Perth Family Mediation service have extensive networks with a broad range of different mediators, all of whom have different strengths and approaches. This means we can tailor our family mediation process to meet your particular needs.

In most parenting disputes, parents must attend Family Dispute Resolution before making an application to the Family Court of Western Australia. Parents can utilise government funded Dispute Resolution services at Relationships Australia or Anglicare, or can elect to engage a mediator privately. When both parties participate in the process, mediation can be a highly effective way of resolving a dispute entirely, or at the very least, narrowing the issues in dispute, before Court action is taken.

If both parties are legally represented in a property settlement matter, in most instances they will be strongly encouraged to attend our Mediation-Style Conference, either before starting proceedings in the Family Court, or after the first hearing of the Application.

A Mediation-Style Conference is a half or full-day mediation attended by the parties, their lawyers and a qualified Mediation Chairperson. All participants should prepare for the mediation to maximise the prospects of a successful outcome.

Mediation-Style Conferences can be a highly effective means of reaching a settlement (in relation to property settlement and / or parenting) outside of Court.

Adoption is the legal process by which a child ceases to be the legal child of his or her birth parents and becomes instead the child of the adoptive parents, as if born to them.

We can help you with the process of adoption, which is relatively straightforward.

Our dispute resolution team also provides advice and representation in respect of:

When business or personal disputes arise, resolving them efficiently and effectively is critical to protecting your interests and minimising disruption. Our dispute resolution and litigation team acts for clients across Australia in a wide range of commercial, employment, property and civil matters.

Our Approach

We recognise that litigation is often costly, time-consuming and disruptive, and it should generally be considered only after other avenues have been explored. Our focus is on identifying the most effective path to resolution, whether through negotiation, mediation, arbitration or other alternative dispute processes, so that matters can be resolved efficiently and with minimal impact on you or your organisation.

When court proceedings are required, we provide skilled and carefully considered representation. Our team offers clear, strategic advice from the outset, helping you understand your options, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your position and determine the approach that best aligns with your objectives.

We manage matters across all Western Australian courts and tribunals, taking a practical and commercially focused approach to each stage of the dispute. Our aim is to protect your interests while ensuring that the chosen strategy is proportionate, well-informed and aligned with the outcomes you seek.