cases it will be within a few hours, if not before. • Regular Communication - Our clients choose their level of service. If they wish we can leave no stone unturned and reach out daily however there are cost implications, so we will manage expectations from the outset. Equally they can opt for a light-touch approach and everything in between and regular communication ensure our clients are being serviced at the level they want. • Transparency of pricing we will set the standards and expectations from the outset and are committed to giving full transparency when it comes to the scope of work involved and any unexpected variations. We care - Ultimately, we want to deliver the best service and outcome possible at what can be a very disconcerting time for clients. We value our client relationships and want to build on them, for the long term. What are some notable awards your firm has recently received? Over the last five years alone, HHG Legal Group has been recognised numerous times for its legal excellence and commitment to client service. Both the firm, as well as many of our capable and highly regarded practitioners, have been bestowed or been finalists for a number of legal and philanthropic awards such a: • Doyle’s Guides • Lawyers Weekly Law Awards • International Advisory Experts Awards • The Law Society of Western Australia – Lawyer of the Year Award • The Department of the Attorney General (WA) – Community Service Award • Best Lawyers in Australia In just the last year, the HHG Legal Group team has
received several accolades and recognitions including: • 2020 Australasian Law Award for Excellence – State/Regional Firm of the Year • 2020 Doyle’s Guide: Recommended Wills and Estate Litigation Firm • Recognition in 2021 Best Lawyers in Australia list for work in Family Law – Simon Creek, Executive Chairman and Special Counsel • Recognition in 2021 Best Lawyers in Australia list for work in Real Property Law – Anne Hurley, Special Counsel What significant work has your firm recently undertaken? Corporate & Commercial Law • Successfully represented financial planners pursuing damages for a seller’s misleading conduct and breach of obligations in a business sale. • Assisted many in-house and private lawyers on novel and complex applications of Personal Property Securities Act provisions. • Acted for an Indigenous Corporation’s subsidiary in partnership matters with Federal statutory body relating to a solar power facility. Property & Planning • Advising local governments in managing public liability risks in relation to approval and management of unique community and sporting events on public land. • Acted for client in a family dispute over land with a value circa $12 million. • Acted for a local government in the grant of a 50-year lease over a site with contamination. Building & Construction Law • Acting for contractors owed money and defending defect claims in various arbitration matters. • Representing a global
contractor in a multimillion dollar claim against an Australian contractor under a failed infrastructure project. Wills, Estate & Succession Planning • Complex business and farming succession matters involving multiple entities and multimillion-dollar transfers and transactions. • Complex estate administration dealing with many types of assets, different trusts and companies, self-managed super fund issues, assets in Australia and overseas as well as beneficiaries’ resident in and out of Australia. Family & De Facto Law • Successfully represented a family law client in obtaining an order so that she retained the family home and half the husband’s superannuation portfolio. • Provided difficult and complex advice to a 10-year-old child in protection matters where both parents have complex social needs. • Obtained a recovery order for the return of a child where the Father had ‘taken off ’ with him, placing the child in danger. What kind of pro bono work does the firm engage in? Over the last twenty years there have been significant and unprecedented cuts to Legal Aid funding, placing vulnerable individuals further at risk. To lessen this gap, HHG Giving Back provides free legal assistance clinics and not-for-profit sponsorships, ensuring that help is accessible to those in need. In addition to this, HHG Legal Group is a very active contributor to Law Access, which assists hundreds of Western Australians per year who cannot personally fund, or access government funded legal services. In addition to 100
