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Kristy Dorney

Associate

Telephone:
07 3239 2914
Email:
kristy.dorney@mcmahonclarke.com

Experience:  Kristy is an associate with McMahon Clarke Legal and works in the litigation and risk management team. Kristy was admitted in 2001 and joined the firm in 2005. She provides a full range of litigation and risk management services for our clients.

Kristy's areas of expertise include the following:

  • Contractual disputes and interpretation.
     
  • Corporate and individual insolvency.
     
  • Acting for landlords in relation to tenant disputes and rent recovery.
     
  • Property related litigation, particularly disputes involving sale contracts and development agreements.
     
  • Employment law.

Expertise:  Click here for examples of the litigation and risk management team's recent work.

Professional Qualifications:  Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Business (Accounting). Kristy is a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association Australia.

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