Our Firm
Russell Kennedy Lawyers is a leading Australian law firm with offices in Melbourne and Sydney. We provide our clients with market-leading expertise, outstanding service and exceptional legal solutions.
We have capabilities across practice areas including corporate and commercial, dispute resolution, property and development, government, aged care and retirement living, workplace relations and employment, estate planning, family law, rural services and renewable energy.
We build long-standing relationships with our clients and work hard to attract and retain the best people. We are committed to making a difference through our work across industry sectors that matter to communities.
Russell Kennedy’s origins date back to 1857, while holding the Russell Kennedy name since 1926.
We understand that divorce and separation can be an emotional time particularly if there are children involved. As your divorce lawyers, we’re here to ensure the important practical and legal issues are taken care of and support you through this challenging period. We’re proud of our reputation for taking the time to understand each client’s situation and offering a highly personalised service.
We seek to resolve disputes without the need for legal proceedings and deliver timely and cost-effective resolutions. We use round table conferences and mediations to achieve this aim, ensuring that you’re informed and comfortable with our approach at all stages of the process. We’re highly skilled negotiators and will work diligently to achieve your desired outcome.
If an agreement cannot be reached via mediation, our family law team can provide you with strong representation in the Family Law Court, Federal Circuit Court and Local Courts.
Given our broad range of expertise, our clients have the benefit of in house advice on not only family law issues but also matters closely linked to family law issues including; taxation matters, structure of corporate entities and removal of directors, insurance questions and criminal charges.
Whether you have reached the end of a very long marriage, your de facto relationship has just ended after a short time, your same-sex relationship (or marriage) has concluded, you are trying to work out parenting arrangements or you have questions about child support, spousal maintenance or divorce the team at Russell Kennedy Lawyers are here to help.
Our team’s vast technical expertise and disciplined case management approach allow us to deliver effective advice and achieve high recovery rates.
The Russell Kennedy WorkCover team is led by Geoff Provis, who has advised the Victorian WorkCover Authority for more than 25 years. Geoff is a former Chair of the WorkCover Advisory Committee and the Law Institute of Victoria’s Accident Compensation Committee.
Recoveries
We’ve worked with the Victorian WorkCover Authority as part of their recoveries panel since 2005. We support them to recover compensation payments made to injured workers due to negligent third parties in matters relating to occupiers’ liability, labour hire, medical negligence and building incidents.
Common Law and Statutory Benefits
Our team has extensive experience acting for employers, insurers and WorkCover to defend common law damages claims and statutory benefit disputes. A member of the WorkSafe Victoria legal panel, we’re experts at identifying the primary issues in a dispute quickly and resolving them efficiently. Robust negotiators, we work hard to deliver the best outcome for you.
Victorian Government
We represent Victorian government departments and agencies in personal injury matters through contingent liability and risk assessment, document and evidence collection, development of case strategy, alternative dispute resolution, preparation for trial and the management of litigation through hearing. We’ve acted for government in common law negligence claims, breach of statutory duty, assault, battery, false imprisonment and wrongful death claims resulting in personal injury. We have substantial experience in actions pertaining to injuries arising out of the exercise of the various powers of the state, and injuries where the duties of the State are modified by statute.
