In circumstances where matters are unable to be resolved informally, Nevett Ford has extensive experience in formal dispute resolution processes, where the team successfully balances the needs of restorative justice with the practical concerns of the organisation.
While our aim is to resolve our client’s matters without the need for formal and costly litigation, Nevett Ford is able to assist clients in managing litigated matters in all courts within Victoria and jurisdictions across Australia. We have previously represented organisations in complex and sensitive matters including Royal Commission Hearings and State Inquiries in several jurisdictions.
With years of collective experience, both in private practice and at the Bar, our team has extensive practice in mediations, informal settlement conferences and other forms of dispute resolution.
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Philip Brewin
Shea Rowell
Greg Doran
Claire Stratton
Caroline Mostafa
Tarryn Jeffery
Tom Drake
Melonee Davies
Kiah Rowell
Topics We’ve Written About
Grant v Bird: Abuse Claim Against Catholic Diocese Permanently Stayed
Amendments to the Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (‘the Act’) in 2015 saw the introduction of division 5 into part IIA which removed the limitation period for actions arising out of death or personal injury resulting from child abuse. Included within division 5,...
National Redress Scheme: Two Year Review Into A Ten Year Commitment
The two year review conducted by Ms Robyn Kurk AO found that the Scheme is not fulfilling the trauma informed objectives designed to assist survivors - citing its bureaucratic slowness, inconsistent and non-transparent decision making, and impersonal and insufficient...
When The Prejudice Is Material – The Intersection Of Civil And Criminal Proceedings
Lucciano (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 12 (9 February 2021) - http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2021/12.html The Victorian Court of Appeal recently overturned convictions relating to an historical sexual assault case, for the perceived and actual...
Amendments to the Limitations Act 1958 (Vic) Relating to Prior Settlement Agreements
Coming into effect today ( 26 April 2021) are important amendments to prior settlement of claims subject to Part IIA Division 5 of the Limitations Act 1958 (Vic) (the Act). Section 27OA of the Act allowed claimants who settled their matters by deed or court order...
Legal Gymnastics Aside – Reflecting on the Malka Leifer Saga
On Tuesday 26 May 2020, Judge Chana Miriam Lomp of the Jerusalem District Court ruled Malka Leifer, former principal of the ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel School in Melbourne who stands accused of sexually abusing a number of her students, mentally fit to stand trial....
Liminal Space
Various forms of lockdown have brought many of us to a 'liminal space'. Limen is the Latin word for ‘threshold’, the space in-between. One might find themselves in a liminal space upon being thrust by life circumstances from where they once were to a place where they...
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