small but nimble

We are a Melbourne, South-West Coast business and property law practice. The mobility and flexibility of our service means we are in a unique position to help individuals and SMEs with their legal challenges as they arise and progress matters to a timely resolution. A small practice translates to low overheads, meaning less waste and more benefit to clients with lower costs.

We practice in a range of areas from bread-and-butter practices such as conveyancing, employment law and civil litigation to niche areas such as property and building law and entertainment industries.

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Our Practice Areas

Legal work is really about problem solving and this is something we do every day. The effectiveness of problem solving is not determined by what we know, but about how we react and deal with problems when the heat is on, how we approach project management and how we manage relationships with members of our ‘team’.

Professional Conveyancing

Property, Building & Leasing

Litigation & Dispute Settlement

Business Contracts & Negotiation

Entertainment Lawers
Entertainment Law

Corporate Reconstruction & Sales

Intellectual Property & Licensing

Wills & Succession Planning

In Focus

  • Entertainment law, including contract drafting and negotiation, public liability, tour booking & logistics, sound production, copyright and insurance (grounded in live music industry experience)
  • Conveyancing, including deceased estates, matrimonial settlement
  • Property law including adverse possession claims, easements and covenants, trespass and nuisance, property tax issues, planning & environment (including contamination, EPA and regulatory controls on title)
  • Building and construction, permits and claims
  • Business sales and acquisitions, including purchase of rent rolls, commercial and retail leases and transfer of lease;
  • Business reconstructions, advice and ancillary agreements;
  • Succession and estate planning, including wills and trusts;
  • Costs litigation, including costs assessment and assessment review

    • Our Principal

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    Tim Jacka

    Before founding a sole practice in 2008, Tim was a lawyer at Macpherson & Kelley Lawyers, Mills Oakley Lawyers and BM Legal. In those roles he built experience advised and acted for Australian and international clients in a range of property commercial and corporations matters including off-the-plan sales, property litigation, commercial agreements and litigation and complex dispute resolution, ASX listings and corporate due diligence.

    Since coming to the legal profession Tim has established a reputation as a reliable, hard working and committed advocate. He has appeared in proceedings in the the Supreme, County and Magistrates’ Courts of Victoria. In addition, Tim has appeared in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. He has also acted in disputes in Western Australia and Queensland.

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