Brenton Priestley

Partner

P: 08 8221 6162

E: brenton.priestley@pgclegal.com.au

Brenton was admitted to the Supreme Court of South Australia in July 2007 and is a Partner at PGC Legal.

Brenton has had broad commercial legal experience with a primary focus on dispute resolution, risk management and litigation.  Prior to joining PGC Legal, he worked for more than seven years at Minter Ellison in its Commercial Litigation team.

Brenton is experienced at representing clients in Court, including at trial and in interlocutory hearings, as well as in alternative dispute resolution processes, including arbitration and mediation proceedings. He has also taught a number of subjects at the University of Adelaide Law School.

Brenton provides advice and representation in relation to, among other things:

• Contract disputes;
• Property disputes (including between landlords and tenants);
• Corporate and partnership disputes (including minority shareholder oppression claims);
• Defamation and the protection of reputation;
• Trust and estate disputes (including acting in Inheritance (Family Provision) Act claims and disputes relating to testamentary capacity);
• Building and construction disputes;
• Franchising disputes;
• Incorporated Associations disputes;
• White-collar criminal and regulatory investigations and prosecutions (including the ATO, ASIC, the ACCC and Ahpra);
• Liquor Licencing disputes
• Employment disputes (including unfair dismissal claims);
• Insolvency and bankruptcy matters;
• Professional negligence claims;
• Intellectual property disputes;
• Disputes within Strata Corporations and Community Corporations; and
• Advising in relation to search orders and taking Court appointments as Independent Lawyers for the supervision of search orders.