After working extensively in top and mid-tier firms in Australia and New Zealand, Martin, the Executive Director of Equitas Lawyers, became convinced that justice and legal services were not as easily accessible as they should be. He believed that top standard legal services should not only be available for the privileged few.
Martin’s vision was to build a law firm dedicated to offering top standard legal services at reasonable and affordable prices, for people from all walks of life and for corporate bodies of all sizes.
And so in 2008, Equitas Lawyers was formed.
Disputes can be naturally distressing. However, it doesn’t have to stay that way. Our litigation and dispute resolution team is experienced in litigation in all Courts of Western Australia, the Federal Court of Australia and the State Administrative Tribunal. We approach all clients’ disputes having regard to their commercial objectives and with the aim of achieving the best and most cost-effective dispute resolution outcome.
Whether a dispute is to be resolved through formal litigation, arbitration, mediation or negotiation we bring to bear our litigation and commercial law experience early on to identify key legal and commercial issues, assess the strength of our clients’ position and recommend a strategy and preferred method of dispute resolution.
Examples of our experience include:
Our commercial law team has extensive experience on a full range of commercial contracts and focus on providing practical advice to address and manage key contractual risks for our clients.
We endeavour to take a plain English approach to preparing and reviewing contracts to ensure our clients' expectations are appropriately understood and documented in a way that endeavours to promote smooth ‘cost-efficient’ transaction negotiations and implementation.
We advise on statutory issues, including obligations under the Australian Consumer Law, Transfer of Land Act 1893 (WA), Property Law Act 1969 (WA) and Strata Titles Act 1985 (WA) and Commercial Tenancy (Retail Shops) Agreements Act 1985 (WA) to name a few and bring this knowledge and experience to bear when drafting, negotiating and preparing commercial contracts.
We are available to draft complete commercial arrangements, comment on particular clauses, act as a sounding board, review standard form agreements for ‘key’ issues, or simply offer a second opinion on a particular agreement.
Our work routinely covers preparing and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts, standard form consumer terms and conditions, supplier and distribution agreements and licensing agreements.
We advise Western Australian and international clients on core commercial contracts such as business and real estate sale and acquisitions, supply, service, manufacturing, reseller and distribution agreements, as well as standard terms of trade and customer terms and conditions.
Finance is pivotal to the success of a business. With an astute awareness of clients’ commercial needs, we strive to get deals done efficiently and effectively. We have worked with lenders and borrowers, enabling our team of experienced lawyers to provide expert advice and assistance on all technical aspects of transactions.
Our team of experienced lawyers are able to assist and advise on a full range of transactions, including:
Not sure what to do now that you’ve bought or sold a property or business?
Having trouble arranging time off from work or from your family to deal with your property or business settlements?
Not sure how to transfer properties between different names?
Our experienced conveyancing team is dedicated to guiding and looking after our clients throughout the settlement period so that they may have security and peace of mind. We understand that you may lead a busy life and so, our conveyancers are happy to meet with you at either your place of business or your home to ensure that your settlement proceeds in a timely and professional manner. As our conveyancers work alongside our legal team, our clients can be assured that legal assistance is available should there be any difficulties in the process.
We can assist you with any work in all conveyancing fields including:
We understand that disputes in the workplace are difficult. Additionally, as employment law is continually evolving, it is important that employers and employees are familiar with the current legislative system.
Our team of experienced lawyers provide discreet, practical and strategic advice and representation on a wide range of complex legal issues within employment law. We can confidently represent you in the Industrial Relations Commission and the Fair Work Commission.
We can advise and assist on a wide range of matters including:
Migration Law is continually evolving and it can be difficult for clients to keep track of changes. Whether you are applying for an Australian visa or having issues with your visa application, our Migration team consisting of lawyers and Registered Migration Agents are dedicated to assisting clients achieve their goal of migration to Australia.
We invest our time to build a relationship with our clients, enabling us to provide high quality visa advice and representation.
We can advise and assist you on a wide range of migration law matters including:
