Civil Litigation
Gibson & Gibson can help you in virtually all areas of civil litigation. We have a proud history and reputation both within the legal fraternity and in the wider community as skilled and respected litigators.
When we act for you in litigation, we approach your matter strategically. We recognise that litigation is a last resort for resolving disputes and will explore and advise you of all alternatives to litigation before proceedings are commenced. This can include mediation, conciliation, arbitration or other tailored alternative dispute resolution.
The type of matters we handle frequently include:
- contract disputes
- partnership disputes
- professional negligence
- defamation
- building disputes
- debt recovery
- wills and estates
- employment law
- industrial law
- equal opportunity
Some of the experience that we have includes:
- representing clients in all Western Australian Courts, the Federal Court and Federal Magistrates' Court
- representing clients in tribunals such as the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, the State Administrative Tribunal, Administrative Appeals Tribunal and other boards and tribunals
- enforcing parties' rights under contracts
- representing national broadcasters and newspaper interests in defamation, negligence and contempt proceedings
- negligence actions against accountants, lawyers, investment advisers, medical and dental professionals and other professionals
- commercial and domestic building disputes
- estate litigation
- debt recovery actions on behalf of various public and private companies as well as private individuals