Expertise

 

Our deliberate and direct focus is litigation, insolvency and corporate regulation, supported by a strong commercial and property practice.

Sarvaas Ciappara practices in all of the Court and Administrative jurisdictions including:

The High Court, Federal Court, Supreme Court, District Court, Local Court, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Administrative Decisions Tribunal, Guardianship Tribunal, Land & Environment Court and the Consumer Trader & Tenancy Tribunal.

Our predominant practice areas are:

 

Administrative
Law

  • Challenging administrative decisions
  • AAT & ADT proceedings

Commercial Litigation

  • Contract disputes
  • Trade Practices
  • Directors' & officers issues
  • Shareholder oppression & disputes
  • Torts
  • Economic loss
  • Prosecution & defence of insurance claims
  • Product liability
  • Professional negligence
  • Competition law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Passing off
  • Misleading & deceptive conduct
  • Advices & appeals

Commercial Transactions

  • Drafting agreements & documents
  • Due diligence & risk management
  • Business advice
  • Mortgages

Corporate Regulatory

  • ASIC enquiries & investigations
  • Section 19 examinations
  • Search warrants
  • Insider trading & market manipulation allegations
  • Civil penalty proceedings
  • Corporations Act prosecutions
  • Corporate crime
  • ASX powers
  • APRA investigations

Defamation

  • Pre-publication advice
  • Litigation
  • Contempt

Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • Dispute avoidance & management
  • Formal & informal negotiations
  • Mediation
  • Arbitration

Domain Names

  • Strategic Advice
  • New Top Level Domains
  • Specialist Collections

Defamation

  • Pre-publication advice
  • Litigation
  • Contempt

Employment & Industrial Relations

  • Executive contracts
  • Restraints
  • Termination

Insolvency

  • Prosecution & defence of statutory demands
  • Winding up corporations
  • Bankruptcy
  • Creditors’ rights
  • Acting for liquidators
  • Directors’ examinations

Recovery Services

  • Demands
  • Debt Collection
  • Local Court bulk proceedings
  • Enforcement of judgements
  • Execution of warrants
  • Property seizure

Strata Law

  • Strata Law advice
  • Unpaid strata levy collections
  • General property law advice

Urgent Relief

  • Injunctions
  • Urgent applications
  • Equity