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Dispute Resolution and Civil Litigation

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Litigation Lawyer in Melbourne

Dispute Resolution and Civil Litigation

We have years of experience working in litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants. Given the costs and time involved in Court proceedings, it is usually best to resolve disputes prior to initiating proceedings.

We can help assess whether you have a valid claim, or whether it is worth defending a claim against you.

Prior to initiating Court proceedings, we will first attempt to resolve your dispute through negotiations, mediations and alternative dispute resolution in order to save on costs and time. If this is unsuccessful, we can initiate Court proceedings if you have a claim with a good prospect of success.

Where you are a plaintiff, it is important that your claim is based on a solid legal and factual position. It is also important that your claim is prepared by experienced counsel to ensure that the elements of your claim are pleaded correctly. If your claim is later found to have been flimsy or that there was little prospect of success, you may be liable to pay a portion of the other party’s costs. Further, if your claim is not pleaded properly and you are later required to amend your claim, you could be liable to pay the other party’s costs to prepare a defence to your earlier claim that was not pleaded correctly.

Where you are the defendant of a claim and you have a valid defence to the claim against you, it is important that your defence is put forward and pleaded correctly in order increase your chance of successfully defending the claim. Having a strong defence may also help in settling the dispute at an earlier stage.

In circumstances where you have no defence or where the plaintiff has a strong claim against you, it may be in your best interests to settle the dispute early rather than spending time and money defending Court proceedings. In these situations, it is important to settle your claim early in the proceedings, as the Court could order you to pay a portion of the plaintiff’s costs if it is found that you could have settled your matter at an earlier stage but refused to do so.

We work closely with experienced counsel who can navigate the best path forward and ensure that your claim or your defence gets off on the right foot.

If you have a potential claim or are a defendant of a claim, please contact us to schedule a consultation so that we can advise you as to your best path forward.

*The above is not legal advice nor is it intended to be relied upon as legal advice and it is general information only. Accordingly, we disclaim any and all liability that may arise should you act upon the above general information as legal advice. If you would like for us to provide you with legal advice, please contact us to schedule a consultation. If we are formally engaged by you then we will provide you with tailored legal advice based upon your specific circumstances.

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Zac was admitted to practice law at the Supreme Court of Hobart in 2017, where he completed his qualifications and trainings to practice law. In Hobart, Zac obtained world class training as a lawyer and an advocate, regularly appearing before judges in both the Magistrates Court and Supreme Court of Hobart as part of his legal practice course.

Zac relocated to Melbourne in 2018 where he began his journey working in law and Zac has obtained experience in diverse areas of law including family law, civil litigation, wills and estates, criminal law, taxation, SMSF and employment law.

Zac is a competent and capable lawyer, able to draw from his vast and rich experience to provide advice across a whole variety of areas of law.

Given his training as a legal advocate, Zac can and does regularly appear in Court on behalf of his clients. The benefit being that clients do not have to pay additional legal fees to brief a barrister. Zac has appeared in multiple jurisdictions across Australia including:

Hobart and Victorian Magistrates’ Courts;
NSW Local Court;
Hobart Supreme Court;
Fair Work Commission;
Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia; and
Federal Court of Australia.

In circumstances where barristers are required or requested by clients, Zac relies upon his network of legal practitioners to find a suitable barrister to brief to provide specialist advice and representation for his clients.