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Child Protection
Qualified defence lawyers with over 25 years working in the Children’s Courts, we always act in the best interests of children.
Criminal Defence
Servicing metro Melbourne and rural Victoria, we’re here to assist and work to achieve the best outcome for our clients.
Intervention Orders
We help protect vulnerable children and families in the community, including indigenous and vulnerable family backgrounds.
Victims of crime
You deserve respect. Our team of honest, compassionate, and hard-working lawyers sees every person as a human being.
Child Protection
Qualified defence lawyers with over 25 years working in the Children’s Courts, we always act in the best interests of children.
Criminal Defence
Servicing metro Melbourne and rural Victoria, we’re here to assist and work to achieve the best outcome for our clients.
Intervention Orders
We help protect vulnerable children and families in the community, including those from indigenous backgrounds.
Victims of crime
You deserve respect. Our team of honest, compassionate, and hard-working lawyers sees every person as a human being.
We hold
strong values.
With a focus on family connectedness, we’re genuinely passionate about advocating and defending the rights of children, parents, and carers.
Our goal is to achieve the most positive outcome possible, and our level of experience means we know our jurisdiction well.
Our Beliefs.
We take a determined, ‘never give up’ approach to our objective of achieving justice for the people we represent.
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Read news articles and stories about what’s happening in the legal system in Victoria, and across Australia.
Our Beliefs.
We take a determined, ‘never give up’ approach to our objective of achieving justice for the people we represent.
Latest News
Read news articles and stories about what’s happening in the legal system in Victoria, and across Australia.
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Burnout in child protection workers
Frontline workers are leaving the child protection sector in droves because of lack of support and feeling defeated by the volume and nature of cases. Liana Buchanan, Victoria's Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People, says that it is a common problem and...
Australia’s child protection system failing vulnerable kids
Former children in state care and child protection employees believe Australia's child safety system has developed craters as children are compelled to stay with sexual predators and suffer broken bones. This article first appeared on ABC...
Who Can Be Classed as a Parent? Defining Parental Scope and Bringing Certainty to our Client’s Lives
TP Legal’s Push to Define the Scope of a Parent In a recent child protection case, the definition of a parent needed to be finessed, to determine which was the most appropriate Children’s Court order that could be made on behalf of our client; a 10-year-old female....