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While this is our specialty area, we also offer tailored solutions in other legal areas including building and construction law, commercial, property, business finance, family law, elder law, will disputes and insolvency matters. With two office locations in Ballarat and Portsea, we pride ourselves on the provision of local, accessible expert legal services. 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Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/ede9a332-7069-410c-b2fc-c205f1ca2897/Errard+Legal-Jo-6888.jpg Our Team - Jo Wynne - Office Manager & PA Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/03ec9009-9101-4d26-b363-8ab0a7d40603/CAdmpFIQ+-+Copy.jpg Our Team - Molly Brown - Legal Assistant Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://www.errardlegal.com.au/thank-you daily 0.75 2021-02-18 https://www.errardlegal.com.au/dale-brown daily 0.75 2022-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/523cde5d-3598-4c28-8f9d-a59b546015c4/p.jpg Dale Brown - Dale Brown - Principal - Errard Legal As a LIV Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation, Dale has over 25 years’ experience working in commercial dispute resolution in areas including banking and finance, property, corporations law, estates and trust law, competition and consumer law and tax litigation. Other areas of expertise include: Mortgagee actions involving secured lender actions for secured and unsecured debt; Corporations, securities and insolvency proceedings; Shareholder & company director disputes including oppression proceedings & directors’ liability actions; Building and construction disputes involving matters concerning the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995, Building Act 1993; and the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002; Retail and commercial leasing disputes; Professional liability (including engineers, architects, building surveyors); Property transfer and related security actions; Administrative appeals including planning and environmental disputes and licencing disputes; representing medical practitioners and other professionals in disciplinary proceedings; Local government matters; Partnership and internal corporate disputes; Acting for persons who are the subject of ASIC, ATO & State Revenue Office investigations(AAT, Federal and Supreme Courts); Acting for defendant business operators in response to Wrongs Act liability claims; Criminal and penalty proceedings; Acting for persons whose assets have been restrained under Federal and State proceeds of crime laws; Actions involving banking and financial institution laws; Intellectual property litigation (including trademark, designs, copyright & moral rights (artistic works)enforcement) Acting for companies in proceedings against former employees and officers in response to substantial fraud & misappropriation of company assets. https://www.errardlegal.com.au/alternative-dispute-resolution-litigation daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/1647310034232-7NSVBMQR9TABSTAK7SH8/Austock000022690_XSmall.jpg Alternative Dispute Resolution Litigation In business, more so than in the ordinary course of life, it is almost inevitable that disputes will arise whether internally within the business structure between partners, shareholders, staff or agents, or externally with contractors, creditors, debtors or regulators. Our goal, and our record, is in skilfully achieving your successful outcome through negotiation, alternative dispute resolution and if unavoidable, cost-effective litigation to maximise your return. Contact one of our alternative dispute resolution / litigation lawyers today on ‭03 4328 8000‬ https://www.errardlegal.com.au/retail-and-commercial-leasing daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/1647310694813-7OMFCP54X4QQZ2LGDETO/Austock000022647_XSmall.jpg Retail and Commercial Leasing We advise landlords and tenants of retail and commercial premises in preparation of leases, related disclosure, crafting conditions specifically addressing their business demands and types of business. Of course, when things go pear-shaped and the dispute cannot be resolved by negotiation, we can represent you in the following: - Injunction applications Relief from forfeiture of lease applications Recovery of rent and outgoings in arrears Rent review disputes Whether options to renew have been exercised Recovery of key money Damages to leased premises Compensation for interference or disruption to trading. Read our Leasing articles: The 2020 Covid-19 Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme Contact one of our Retail and Commercial Leasing lawyers today on ‭03 4328 8000‬ https://www.errardlegal.com.au/property-law daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/1647310070441-F7XUUVY4B64RET5ZYN23/Austock000102066_XSmall.jpg Property Law We can guide your way through transactions and the structuring of your property interests. We can assist you with the creation of easements, loan agreements and mortgage documentation, adverse possession claims and caveats. Read our Property Law articles for more information: ‘Adverse possession’ ‘Neighbourhood disputes - who pays for the construction of a boundary fence?’ Contact one of our property lawyers today on ‭03 4328 8000‬ https://www.errardlegal.com.au/business-law daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/1647309741975-AKBHR1SSNDIVN40CG3QZ/Austock000126476_XSmall.jpg Business Law Whether you identify your business model as such, all of those designing, commencing and putting a business model into action are entrepreneurs. Because entrepreneurs are pursuing a novel opportunity while lacking access to required resources, entrepreneurs face considerable risk – funding and finance risk, technology risk, and of course supply chain disruption, as well as demand risk – getting them in the door, providing the product or service they want then convincing them and getting it signed on the dotted line. Our role is to identify and achieve the right outcome in respect to proposals for companies, business structures, commercial agreements, construction contracts, trusts and commercial and retail leasing. Getting it right from the get-go sets you on the road to success with the assurance that you have the right structure and vehicle to carry your new venture forward, or to reconfigure your existing structure. We achieve those goals through careful contract and other commercial and property-related drafting and negotiation. Contact one of our business lawyers today on ‭03 4328 8000‬ https://www.errardlegal.com.au/wills-estate-disputes daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/1647310359689-XCYLOJUVNRG0Y39KTRIT/Austock000052270_XSmall.jpg Wills / Estate Disputes There are two primary ways of disputing a will or contesting an estate: Where the will is invalid, by reason of fraud, undue influence or where the testator did not have capacity at the time of signing the Will; or Where you have not been left any provision – or what you believe to be a ‘fair’ provision – in the Will. We can represent you as the individual who seeks to challenge a will, or as an executor of an estate, defending claims being brought against it. If you are an individual or an executor and require assistance making or defending a claim, contact Errard Legal to discuss your legal entitlements. Read our Will articles: Contesting the Will of a Deceased Estate Use of Testamentary Trusts in Wills Contact one of our Wills and Estate Disputes lawyers today on ‭03 4328 8000‬ https://www.errardlegal.com.au/elder-law daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/1647310372495-3VGXC65E9WBO77SHBJY9/Austock000022688_XSmall.jpg Elder Law Elder abuse is any act that causes harm to an older person and is often carried out by someone they know and trust. It is broad and can be difficult to identify, constituted by any of the following forms of abuse: Physical Psychological Emotional Sexual Financial Where appropriate, Errard Legal can assist with intervention orders, financial abuse, abuse of power by an appointee power under a Power of Attorney or Guardianship document and/or Guardianship and Administration Orders in the Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal. If you are experiencing, or suspect that a family member may be being subjected to Elder Abuse, contact Errard Legal today to speak to one of our Elder Law solicitors. Contact one of our Elder Law team today on ‭03 4328 8000‬ https://www.errardlegal.com.au/family-law daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/1647310181912-JY0P8AF74UKEJX386UDC/Austock000157692_XSmall.jpg Family Law Family law matters can almost invariably be stressful. At Errard Legal, we understand that you need prompt and effective action, confidently handling the particular demands of your case, the sensitivities involving your children and the demand that your rights and entitlements in the division of assets of the relationship be efficiently dealt with. In addition, the sensitivities inevitably arising in contending with your privacy will be handled with the utmost confidentiality. We are sensitive to your needs and focused on providing the best possible family law solution. Errard Legal ensure all implications of any family law action are explained to you each step of the way. We offer family law services tailored to your needs across all areas including separation, divorce, property settlements, parenting arrangements, family violence, de facto relationships and same-sex relationships. Contact one of our family lawyers today on ‭03 4328 8000‬ https://www.errardlegal.com.au/agricultural-law daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/1600687794975-X8NVXEI5PNH82SW7Y3CA/IfimRNWA.jpeg Agricultural Law The farming sector nationally and regionally has experienced a transition from small family operated and focussed businesses to larger ventures involving large-scale private investment or even listed public companies, acquiring and operating broad-acre cultivation, cropping and grazing. This has typically involved family trusts, succession planning, farm management and focus upon small to medium business models. Demands upon the agricultural sector and its business models have transformed in step with the rapid development of export opportunities and foreign investment. In more recent years there has been increasing foreign investment and consolidation of farming businesses, resulting in larger operators enjoying economies of scale. Like never before, key environmental issues for the agriculture sector have included species conservation, protection of world heritage properties, sustainable water supply, bushfire protection and climate change. These have involved often complex regulation of environmental and sustainable water supply issues for the agriculture industry. We can help guide you through these steps in protecting and enhancing your farm assets. Contact one of our Agricultural lawyers today on ‭03 4328 8000‬ https://www.errardlegal.com.au/intellectual-property daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/1647310124701-HM4V50TQZIV010LPM049/Austock000144987_XSmall.jpg Intellectual Property Your most valuable economic assets may very well be the rights to exploit and monetise your ideas. Years of hard work, investment and effort is dedicated to bringing those ideas to fruition. It is that “fruition” – the form in which those ideas are expressed and realised – that defines and fulfils their economic potential in the various recognised categories of rights or bundles of rights which provide the protection of your investment and creative effort. A simple failure to, for example, register a trade mark which is the expression of your business reputation carefully developed over many years can result in you losing that exclusive right to a competitor. We advise clients in the formation, expression and protection of copyright, trade marks and design, development of your brand, licencing of intellectual property and, where necessary, enforcement of those rights. Read our Intellectual Property articles: Registration of Trade Marks Is your Trade Mark being infringed? Contact one of our Intellectual Property lawyers today on ‭03 4328 8000‬ https://www.errardlegal.com.au/jo-wynne daily 0.75 2022-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/ede9a332-7069-410c-b2fc-c205f1ca2897/Errard+Legal-Jo-6888.jpg Jo Wynne - Jo Wynne - Office Manager and PA - Errard Legal Jo is Office Manager and PA to Dale Brown, Principal at Errard Legal. With extensive experience within the legal industry spanning over 25 years, Jo commenced as a PA in a boutique law firm on the Mornington Peninsula and then moved on to spend over 20 years at a top tier law firm in Melbourne. Jo’s organisational talents (just to mention a few) range from ordering office supplies and even making the odd trip to cafes and the grocery shop to keep the team going! Jo ensures everything runs smoothly by supporting and making sure both the lawyers and clients are well looked after. https://www.errardlegal.com.au/building-and-construction-law daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3485880d87a44cac1dd90c/1602396119761-841R3TY7H3NHYU8KGDYX/PKX_5916-Ballarat-heritage-Town-Hall-Craigs-BIFB-Lydiard.jpg Building and Construction Law The volume, scale and complexity of construction work across Australia have grown exponentially over the past twenty years. No more so than is evident from the nature and extent of building and infrastructure activity in and around Ballarat and the western region – from rail and transport expansion to large scale wind turbine technology and major civil works supporting massive housing and community development. We are proud to have actively participated in that growth, in advisory and documentation capacities on behalf of builders, engineers and developers through to representing the interests of architects and designers, building surveyors, engineers, contractors and sub-contractors and, of course, owners of domestic (home-owner) as well as commercial builds. This has involved acting in civil works disputes, contractor security for payment actions, damages and enforcement actions in the Victorian Civil & Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the Supreme and County Courts. 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