We offer family law advice in the following areas:
Generally there are two kinds of approaches:
Our family lawyers encourage and support clients to try the second approach first. Our aim is to achieve the best result for our client in the most cost effective way.
However, there are some matters where it becomes necessary to litigate the matter in Court. This may be due to a matter of urgency to protect children or property and in those matters we work with experienced family law barristers to achieve the best result for our clients. Our family law specialists offer constant advice as to how the case is progressing so that a decision can be made early as to whether to proceed with court action or not.
Petra Thomson
Petra Thomson as Principal Family Lawyer, led the Hicks Oakley Chessell Williams family law team for three years up until December 2021. She has been practising in the area of family law in Melbourne since 1996 and is a highly skilled and well regarded practitioner.
Petra has made a tremendous contribution not only to the Family Law team, but to the greater HOCW team and we thank her for her wonderful input. We wish Petra all the best with the next chapter and look forward to keeping in touch.
Our family lawyers are conveniently located at both our Melbourne CBD and our Mount Waverley law offices, a South Eastern suburb of Melbourne.
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