Sherwood Court Settlements
Solicitors in Perth

Jackson McDonald has a long and elated history of providing a full range of commercial legal services to the business community in Western Australia. We have grown from strength to strength with over 220 staff and 29 partners. The firm’s name was shortened firstly to Jackson McDonald Co. in 1960 and then further simplified to Jackson McDonald in 1985. In 2012, we celebrated 90 years of supporting key industries in WA. We have embraced dynamic change over our 90 year history and remain to shape and promote the commercial and legal environment in WA. We admit our founding partners and the rich history our firm has been built upon.

As a full service commercial law firm, we present a broad range of commercial, litigation and refute resolution legal services to both private and public sector organizations. Community engagement has been an important piece of Jackson McDonald’s labor for over 90 years. The Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Western Australia recently delivered a decision apropos to all notforprofit organizations operating in the aged protection retirement village sector. Award annual exit requirements to change. The High Court has overturned a decision of the Federal Court which allowed employers to avoid prosecution for sham contracting where the employee was engaged as an self-reliant contractor through a work hire provider. The Unprejudiced Work Act prohibits employers taking adverse action against employees because they have made a complaint to their employer that relates to their employment. This change will significantly amplify the number of foreign persons requiring fib approval earlier to acquiring an interest in agricultural land. A fresh system for the resolution of building complaints in Western Australia. Rena specialisms in workplace relations and safety offering expertise across all aspects of employment, industrial relations and occupational safety and health laws, both in the private and public sectors. Stephen leads Jackson McDonald's Workplace Relations Safety team, which provides advice to clients in the areas of industrial relations, employment law, occupational safety health and equal opportunity, discrimination and harassment. As a commercial litigator, Jennifer also acts in disputes concerning insolvency, trusts, defamation and commercial contracts for individuals, important corporations and insolvency practitioners and has gained extensive experience in conducting important scale litigation. Shannon is a member of the Workplace Relations’ team and has a long range of experience in employment and industrial issues. However she also has significant involvement in drafting employment contracts and workplace polices, drafting and advising on enterprise agreements and advising on employer employee obligations. He acts on behalf of owners, contractors and consultants in construction disputes prior various courts and tribunals and in drafting and advising on construction contract documentation. Luke also has a very energetic commercial practice, and has advised many privately held businesses, indigenous organizations, port authorities, incorporated associations and a number of foreign companies making inbound investments. The importance of disclosure of interests for Associations. Employers will be required to inform their employees of their surplus superannuation contributions and review their record keeping requirements for all employees. If you do not do this, you have to pay the claim in full. We yield punctual advice and transactional services on corporate matters for a different range of clients, including listed and unlisted companies, directors, banks and other financial institutions and overseas investors. This means that our clients profit from occupied with a team that deal with major issues that the finance industry may face. Our Projects, Infrastructure Construction team has an in depth understanding of the complex construction industry and its key players in Western Australia. We have extensive experience in contract drafting at all levels, refute resolution and involvement in local, national and international construction and construction law bodies. We have advised a government department in relation to a major inner city infrastructure project, advising on procurement documentation two stage managing contractor contract all professional consultancy appointments and other construction documentation including guarantees, bonds and deeds. We are involved in advising multinationals on procurement contracts for many of the major energy infrastructure projects both at the planning stage and where construction is already lower way.