Litigation and Dispute Resolution Lawyer
Richard Ashley has over 30 years of legal practice experience, with principal practice areas including commercial litigation and dispute resolution, property and building disputes, trade practices disputes, insolvency and liquidation, employment disputes, and debt recovery. He has extensive experience in handling complex disputes in both State and Federal jurisdictions.
Richard has extensive litigation and representation experience in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) and the State Courts, with particular expertise in domestic building disputes, Owners Corporation disputes and leasing disputes. He has long provided legal services to property owners, Owners Corporations, Owners Corporation managers, builders, subcontractors and employers, assisting clients in dealing with a wide range of building, property, commercial and employment disputes.
Special Experience
Richard has acted for landowners in compulsory land acquisitions and related disputes, including major infrastructure projects such as the North-South (Sugarloaf) water pipeline and the Gippsland Desalination Pipeline in Victoria.
In addition, Richard has extensive experience in corporate and personal insolvency. He has provided legal advice to liquidators, trustees in bankruptcy, and corporate and individual clients, and has assisted in legal matters relating to insolvency, liquidation, debt recovery and related disputes.
Practice Philosophy
Richard is committed to finding practical solutions at an early stage of a dispute. Through pragmatic and efficient legal strategies, he seeks to minimise the impact of disputes and litigation on clients’ businesses and daily lives, and to help clients resolve matters and return to normal business and life as soon as possible.
Qualifications
- LL. B. Bachelor of Laws
- B. Sc. (Hons) Bachelor of Science with Honours (Immunology major)
Memberships
- Member of Law Institute of Victoria (LIV)
- Member of Building Dispute Practitioners Society (BDPS)
- Member of Eastern Solicitors Law Association (ESLA)