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Profile:  Chris Morey, Director


Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Laws (Monash University)
  • Bachelor of Science (Monash University)
  • Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria
  • Barrister & Solicitor of the High Court of Australia

Memberships/Directorships

  • Director of Southern Christian Holdings Ltd (Chesterville Retirement Village)
  • Secretary/Board Member of Southern Community Church of Christ Inc. & associated entities
  • Member of Law Institute of Victoria
  • Founding member of Regional Young Lawyers Committee (LIV)
  • Former secretary of North West Law Association

Experience
Chris enjoys working with all manner of businesses, but particularly small and medium business, to provide a more holistic approach to legal advice and assistance, pro-actively working on keeping businesses out of difficulties, as well as assisting them when they do have specific problems.

Chris has over 8 years of litigation and varied experience which involves the following areas:

  • Industrial Relations including employment agreements, unfair dismissals, OH&S and WorkCover
  • Debt Collection
  • Commercial Litigation (across all jurisdictions)
  • Building/Construction and Leasing Disputes
  • Terms & Conditions
  • General commercial law
  • Local Government and other government agencies
  • Horticultural industry
  • Criminal law
  • Cross-jurisdictional matters

Areas of Expertise

  • Industrial Relations
  • Small to Medium Enterprises
  • Debt Collection
  • Keywords

Latest News

  • PPS? Is this going to change your business?
    The Personal Property Securities (“PPS”) regime establishes a national registration regime for security interests in personal property. Amongst other impacts, businesses which ordinarily rely on ‘retention of title’ arrangements to protect their interest in goods supplied will need to change the way they do things and register their security interests on this new national register to protect their interests. ...more
  • Small Businesses Superannuation Reform: An optional Free Superannuation Clearing House Services
    Small business employers (those with less than 20 employees) may soon be relieved of the costly and time consuming burden of paying superannuation guarantee contributions into numerous superannuation funds. ...more
  • Options For Reform Of The Telecommunications Access Regime
    Telecommunications Access disputes are exempted from Trade Practices Act Part 3A and are dealt with in Part 11C. As part of the Federal Government's April 2009 announcement of the National Broadband Network, options for reform of the telecommunications competition framework were advanced. ...more