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Practice Areas

• Court claims
• Insurance claims
• The workplace
• Compensation
• Medical law
• Litigation
• Family law (de facto and married couples), including disputes over property
• Family law – Assisting in relation to agreements for the division of relationship property
• Mediation and alternative dispute resolution
• Superannuation and disability claims
• Powers of attorney, enduring guardianships, and medical guardianships
• Wills
• Estates, including applications for grants of probate, and the administration of deceased estates
• Court claims concerning deceased estates, including family provision claims

Biography

John Gunson received his degrees of Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws from Monash University, and commenced practice in 1983. He received his Master of Laws degree from the University of Melbourne.

John’s practice has been extensively in courts and mediation, and he has had conduct of many cases since commencing practice, including in the courts of New South Wales and Victoria, and the Commonwealth (High Court of Australia, Family Court of Australia, and Federal Circuit Court of Australia). He is a published author in relation to medical negligence law.

John has had extensive involvement in Indigenous justice issues, including service as a committee member of the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration’s Indigenous justice committee. He served as a committee member of the organising committees for two Indigenous justice conferences.

John administers a free legal advisory service for East Timorese university students in Australia, is honorary legal advisor to the Honorary Consulate General for East Timor in Victoria, is honorary legal advisor to the Alola Foundation, Dili, East Timor, and is a board member of the Fundasaun Fitun Ki’ik.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (02) 6049 6666