Lecia’s expertise includes:

• Litigation risk advice and early resolution of litigation through alternative dispute resolution strategies
• Commercial disputes including contractual, shareholders, directors, partnerships, franchises and the Australian Consumer Law
• Insolvency
• Class actions. Government and regulatory disputes. Native title and indigenous land disputes
• Contentious trust disputes and resolving conflicts between trustees, beneficiaries and other parties including applications for directions by trustees and bringing or defending actions against trustees for breach of trust allegations
• Property disputes including leasing disputes and equitable interests in property. Building and construction disputes including Security of Payment Act claims and adjudications, defective building work and claims against insolvent builders
• Intellectual property disputes including infringement of trademarks, passing off and breaches of copyright. Recovery of funds obtained by fraud and the freezing of assets (including cybercrime)
• Contested estate disputes including family provision claims (where adequate provision was not made for persons eligible to make a claim on a deceased’s estate) and claims in respect of the validity of a will (by reason of capacity, undue influence or fraud).