Dispute Resolution
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Australia
Band 6
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+61 3 9258 3555About
Provided by Maddocks
Our highly skilled Dispute Resolution & Litigation lawyers work closely with our clients to achieve the best possible results.
The team’s collaborative approach and commitment to our clients helps them achieve a practical and cost-effective way forward, while navigating the sensitive nature of the matters under dispute.
We understand the need for quick, cost-effective solutions to disputes. This is why we look to alternative dispute resolution options first, including mediation and arbitration.
If matters do proceed to litigation, then we are well equipped to successfully prosecute or defend our clients in court proceedings.
As well as a dedicated Dispute Resolution & Litigation team, we have leading lawyers in this field embedded within each of our main capability areas. This means we have the expertise to deal with every type of dispute, from construction and property through to workplace and insolvency disputes.
Maddocks is proud to be a finalist for Disputes and Litigation Team of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards in 2022 and 2023.
Chambers Review
The Maddocks dispute resolution team is a compact group, with representatives in the Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra offices. It has wide-ranging contentious capability embracing such areas as corporate, contractual and property disputes, consumer and defamation issues, regulatory investigations and public inquiries. The team regularly partners with litigators from other Maddocks practice groups where appropriate and is particularly well known for its representation of government and other public sector bodies.
Norman Lucas and Gina Wilson are key contacts at the firm.
Work Highlights
- Maddocks advised the Department of Education in relation to a high-profile inquiry of historic abuse claims at public schools.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Maddocks provides a very good balance between commercial advice and legal advice when needed, particularly in acquisition space."
"The team has knowledge of our firm and focuses on the best interests of clients."
"Maddocks' lawyers are honest and reliable."
"Maddocks provides a very good balance between commercial advice and legal advice when needed, particularly in acquisition space."
"The team has knowledge of our firm and focuses on the best interests of clients."
"Maddocks' lawyers are honest and reliable."