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Update COVID-19: Business Continuity
Last updated 18 March 2020
To our value clients, friends and business partners
Over the past few weeks, with the escalation of the COVID-19 outbreak, we at Bradfield & Scott Lawyers have taken precautions to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of our people, clients and visitors.
As the crisis continues to increase in Australia, we have made the decision that from Monday, 23 March 2020 we will divide our entire workforce into two groups. One group will work remotely whilst the other group will work in the office. This will rotate weekly, except where they need to attend our offices for business-critical reasons. In addition, we will also be reviewing the option of our entire workforce working remotely.
This is a pre-emptive action to protect our people and our clients. We are very fortunate, that as far as we are aware none of our people have contracted COVID-19.
We are committed to providing an excellent level of service to you during this phase. Our business continuity program has planned for this level of remote working. Our lawyers and partners are available to talk to our clients at any time.
Kindest regards
John Graves
Principal
Bradfield & Scott Lawyers
To our value clients, friends and business partners
Over the past few weeks, with the escalation of the COVID-19 outbreak, we at Bradfield & Scott Lawyers have taken precautions to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of our people, clients and visitors.
As the crisis continues to increase in Australia, we have made the decision that from Monday, 23 March 2020 we will divide our entire workforce into two groups. One group will work remotely whilst the other group will work in the office. This will rotate weekly, except where they need to attend our offices for business-critical reasons. In addition, we will also be reviewing the option of our entire workforce working remotely.
This is a pre-emptive action to protect our people and our clients. We are very fortunate, that as far as we are aware none of our people have contracted COVID-19.
We are committed to providing an excellent level of service to you during this phase. Our business continuity program has planned for this level of remote working. Our lawyers and partners are available to talk to our clients at any time.
Kindest regards
John Graves
Principal
Bradfield & Scott Lawyers
We are Moving!
As and from Monday 24 June 2019, Bradfield & Scott Lawyers will be moving to new premises.
Our new address will be just down the road from our current offices at:
Level 1
20 Hunter Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Our email and telephone contact details will remain the same.
We look forward to seeing you at our new offices!
Our new address will be just down the road from our current offices at:
Level 1
20 Hunter Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Our email and telephone contact details will remain the same.
We look forward to seeing you at our new offices!
The Lawyers Orchestra - Call for Players
Our lawyers are multifaceted people. To support herself during her university studies, Sarah Toomey Westcott (Senior Associate) worked as a semiprofessional violinist and music teacher and was involved in a number of different orchestras and other ensembles. These days, in addition to her professional work, Sarah continues to be a passionate musician and is a committee member and violinist of The Lawyers Orchestra Incorporated (TLO).
TLO is planning an inaugural concert for Sunday 24 March 2019 and are inviting players to apply for membership to the TLO. Expressions of interest should be sent to TLO.orchestra@gmail.com. TLO invites the following to apply for membership: legal practitioners, attorneys, magistrates, judges, legal academics, law professors, public servants in legal roles, law students, legal employees, legal secretaries, paralegals, law clerks, and other persons whom the Committee in its absolute discretion deem to satisfy criteria being sufficiently connected to, and a member of the legal community in New South Wales, and who come from Sydney, regional and rural areas of New South Wales.
TLO are particularly interested to hear from you if you play the following instruments:
The rehearsal and concert dates are at St Scholastica (4 Avenue Road, Glebe NSW 2037) on:
Please contact TLO on TLO.orchestra@gmail.com if you have any questions.
TLO is planning an inaugural concert for Sunday 24 March 2019 and are inviting players to apply for membership to the TLO. Expressions of interest should be sent to TLO.orchestra@gmail.com. TLO invites the following to apply for membership: legal practitioners, attorneys, magistrates, judges, legal academics, law professors, public servants in legal roles, law students, legal employees, legal secretaries, paralegals, law clerks, and other persons whom the Committee in its absolute discretion deem to satisfy criteria being sufficiently connected to, and a member of the legal community in New South Wales, and who come from Sydney, regional and rural areas of New South Wales.
TLO are particularly interested to hear from you if you play the following instruments:
- String players - Violin, Viola, Cello, Double bass
- Brass players - Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba
- Percussion - Timpani, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Triangle
- Others - we would be interested to hear from you if you play any other instruments!
The rehearsal and concert dates are at St Scholastica (4 Avenue Road, Glebe NSW 2037) on:
- Saturday 9th March (rehearsal 10am to 4pm);
- Sunday 10th March (rehearsal 10am to 4.00pm); and
- Sunday 24th March (rehearsal at 11.30am and concert at 2.30pm).
Please contact TLO on TLO.orchestra@gmail.com if you have any questions.
It is with great pleasure that we announce that David Perkins has joined our practice as a consultant, with effect from 14 February 2017
David specialises in corporate law, capital raising and commercial law. He adds significant depth to our corporate and commercial practice.
With a background in banking law where he was the chief legal officer and a company secretary for an international bank, David has been in private legal practice in the financial services industry in his own firm since 2002. In that time David has developed a significant following of clients in the corporate advisory and capital raising areas. His practice entails many other areas of general commercial law.
We are delighted to welcome David and his clients to our firm.
David can be contacted at:
Phone: (Australia) 02 9233 7299
Phone: (international) 612 9233 7299
Mobile: 0408 207 150
E-mail: dperkins@bradscott.com.au
With a background in banking law where he was the chief legal officer and a company secretary for an international bank, David has been in private legal practice in the financial services industry in his own firm since 2002. In that time David has developed a significant following of clients in the corporate advisory and capital raising areas. His practice entails many other areas of general commercial law.
We are delighted to welcome David and his clients to our firm.
David can be contacted at:
Phone: (Australia) 02 9233 7299
Phone: (international) 612 9233 7299
Mobile: 0408 207 150
E-mail: dperkins@bradscott.com.au
The following was posted on our website in November 2016 after the sad death of Wade Hewett
Vale Wade Llankesbury Hewett 1940 – 2016
Wade was an exceptional person, not only professionally but as a friend. With an enviable reputation as a commercial lawyer, commercial litigator and employment lawyer, Wade’s practice was very broad, encompassing most areas of commercial endeavour as well as addressing the personal legal service needs of his clients, who range from listed corporate entities to individuals. Always focussing on practical solutions for his clients, many of Wade’s clients became his friends over the years and, in a number of cases, several generations of the same family have entrusted their legal work to Wade, knowing his unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for his clients. Wade was a generous mentor and was much admired and respected by all those he worked with over the course of his career, particularly those young lawyers whose careers he assisted to foster and develop.
After initially undertaking RAAF Reserve officer training whilst at Sydney University studying Law, Wade continued to serve as an active officer in the RAAF Reserve for a number of years, rising in rank to Wing Commander and Head of the Sydney Legal panel. That panel of officers provided legal services to serving RAAF personnel, the RAAF itself, and amongst many duties, appeared in Courts Martial.
Outside of the law, Wade was heavily involved in rowing and took a lead role in the teams he helped to manage and support, particularly with Pymble Ladies College (of which Wade was also a staunch supporter generally) and Leichhardt Rowing Club. Wade was also instrumental in making the connection between the school and the club, to the great benefit of both. Although his involvement with the sport in recent years had reduced, Wade is still known throughout the rowing community for his dedication and commitment to those athletes, and in fact he recently remarked that while he could not stand watching organised sports, rowing was an exception to that rule. Over the years, Wade’s rowing involvement included successfully encouraging many parents to row in mature age regattas on the weekend, out of the Leichardt club shared by PLC with the club, so as to help those parents understand the commitment their children had to make to rowing and also of course for the benefit of the parents’ exercise regimes.
In addition to his work and his contribution to PLC and to rowing, Wade was a dedicated family man and was very proud of the achievements of Vicki and his children, not missing an opportunity to tell his colleagues, clients and friends about each of their successes.
We also acknowledge the immense contribution of Vicki Neal, who has been Wade’s assistant for many years and has closely assisted Wade and his family both professionally and personally throughout the course of his illness, enabling Wade to choose to continue working until very recently despite his deteriorating health.
Our firm and many in the legal profession will greatly miss Wade. However, please be assured our firm’s commitment to serving our clients remains unchanged.
John Graves
Principal
Bradfield & Scott Lawyers
Wade was an exceptional person, not only professionally but as a friend. With an enviable reputation as a commercial lawyer, commercial litigator and employment lawyer, Wade’s practice was very broad, encompassing most areas of commercial endeavour as well as addressing the personal legal service needs of his clients, who range from listed corporate entities to individuals. Always focussing on practical solutions for his clients, many of Wade’s clients became his friends over the years and, in a number of cases, several generations of the same family have entrusted their legal work to Wade, knowing his unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for his clients. Wade was a generous mentor and was much admired and respected by all those he worked with over the course of his career, particularly those young lawyers whose careers he assisted to foster and develop.
After initially undertaking RAAF Reserve officer training whilst at Sydney University studying Law, Wade continued to serve as an active officer in the RAAF Reserve for a number of years, rising in rank to Wing Commander and Head of the Sydney Legal panel. That panel of officers provided legal services to serving RAAF personnel, the RAAF itself, and amongst many duties, appeared in Courts Martial.
Outside of the law, Wade was heavily involved in rowing and took a lead role in the teams he helped to manage and support, particularly with Pymble Ladies College (of which Wade was also a staunch supporter generally) and Leichhardt Rowing Club. Wade was also instrumental in making the connection between the school and the club, to the great benefit of both. Although his involvement with the sport in recent years had reduced, Wade is still known throughout the rowing community for his dedication and commitment to those athletes, and in fact he recently remarked that while he could not stand watching organised sports, rowing was an exception to that rule. Over the years, Wade’s rowing involvement included successfully encouraging many parents to row in mature age regattas on the weekend, out of the Leichardt club shared by PLC with the club, so as to help those parents understand the commitment their children had to make to rowing and also of course for the benefit of the parents’ exercise regimes.
In addition to his work and his contribution to PLC and to rowing, Wade was a dedicated family man and was very proud of the achievements of Vicki and his children, not missing an opportunity to tell his colleagues, clients and friends about each of their successes.
We also acknowledge the immense contribution of Vicki Neal, who has been Wade’s assistant for many years and has closely assisted Wade and his family both professionally and personally throughout the course of his illness, enabling Wade to choose to continue working until very recently despite his deteriorating health.
Our firm and many in the legal profession will greatly miss Wade. However, please be assured our firm’s commitment to serving our clients remains unchanged.
John Graves
Principal
Bradfield & Scott Lawyers
