Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Our Experience

Proximity has unique litigation experience and has assisted organisations navigate some of their most complex, large-scale disputes.

We work with organisations – including as an embedded trusted advisor – to help manage litigated and non-litigated matters.

Our Advisors have specialist knowledge of through-life dispute resolution processes and have a clear eye for identifying uncertainty, risk (including reputational risk), efficiencies and cost.

Our expert team includes some of the most highly-regarded dispute resolution lawyers who have specialist expertise across a variety of legal areas.

Our lawyers are familiar with the many twists and turns of litigation and are adept at shaping focus to achieve whole-of-government strategic outcomes.

Skills and expertise

Our team has a proven track record working with organisations to identify areas of high risk, including identifying the commercial and legal drivers of a dispute.

Our team members are approachable, collegiate and skilled at working with you to deliver high-quality and strategic advice and assistance as you navigate disputes and litigation.

Our team has specific expertise across several niche areas including:

• Alternative dispute resolution processes that proactively emphasise resolution
• Defamation
• Employment and related disputes including managing Fair Work, Australian Human Rights Commission and Sex Discrimination conciliations
• Coronial Inquests, Inquiries and Royal Commissions
• Managing large-scale, complex litigation including co-ordinating large-scale discovery and other document co-ordination and evidence retention exercises
• Professional negligence including medical malpractice and directors and officers’ liability
• Public liability including general negligence-type claims and historic sexual and other abuse claims
• Work Health Safety and major incident investigations and prosecutions