Email Contact: nick@murfett.com.au

Areas of Expertise:

Commercial

• Property and Conveyancing matters of all kinds.
• Commercial Work of all kinds including loan documentation, lease documentation, joint ventures, syndications, trusts, asset structuring, wills and estate planning matters, negotiation of mining tenements and other property interests.

Commercial Litigation

• Broad range of commercial litigation in all Courts and jurisdictions.
• Litigation strategy and positioning.

Debt Collection

• Acting for national companies and collection agencies as well as small medium enterprises and firms in all courts.

Insolvency and Restructuring

• Acting for insolvency practitioners advising generally, litigating claims, examinations, general advice.
• Acting for directors, creditors and shareholders in claims against insolvency practitioners and other creditors including secured creditors.
• Developing and implementing strategy for use of debt mediation and insolvency options so as to resolve debt related problems.

Liquor Licensing Matters

• Licence transfers, objections to the grant or transfer of licences and all aspects of liquor licensing.

Common Law Matters

• Inheritance Act claims and compensation claims.

Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation

• Has a special interest in assisting people who seek to avoid litigation, to resolve legal disputes without the necessity of litigation.

Work History / Qualifications:

Nick established Murfett & Co, the predecessor to Murfett Legal, in 1990. In 2006 Nick established Murfett Legal. Nick sold his equity in Murfett Legal between 2006 and 2008 and now practices as a consultant to the Firm.

In the past 24 years of legal practice, Nick has acquired experience in a broad range of commercial and civil matters . Nick’s main reason for leaving practice in a large firm was to avoid being pigeon-holed.

Nick’s focus is his clients. He aggressively and proactively seeks to assist clients to achieve their goals.

Nick has a background in farming, having been a partner in his family’s livestock and cropping farm in Northern Tasmania until moving to Western Australia in 1989.

Nick has a strong interest in business and commerce and holds (or has held) executive positions on the boards of several varied businesses including farming, aviation, property development, debt collection, liquor and entertainment and charities.

Despite a large amount of varied experience in commercial and civil litigation, Nick has a strong interest in mediation and alternative dispute resolutions for clients who seek to resolve disputes without litigation.