Croftbridge

We’re pleased to share that both Tim Lethbridge and Elise Croft have been recognised in the latest edition of Best Lawyers in Australia.

Big congratulations to you both – well deserved!

We are thrilled to announce our recent addition to our team, Jen Van Dongen. Jen is an extremely experienced paralegal who will be working alongside Beverley Sorrell and Rebecca Thomas in our busy wills and estates practice. Welcome Jen!

We are extremely proud to be recognised by our peers as a leading Wills & Estates Litigation Law firm and a recommended Wills, Estate & Succession Planning Law Firm for Western Australia in this year's Doyle's Guide.

A special mention to our solicitors who were featured in this year's edition!

✨ Elise Croft TEP - Pre-eminent Lawyer Wills & Estates Litigation
✨ Beverley Sorrell - Leading Lawyer Wills, Estates & Succession Planning and Recommended Lawyer Wills & Estates Litigation.
✨ Rebecca Thomas - Rising star in Wills, Estates & Succession Planning.

Last week, our director Tim Lethbridge had the pleasure of attending John Toohey Chambers 21st anniversary celebration.

Congratulations on 21 years of advocacy. Here's to many more!

We are very excited to welcome Nicola Miller-Davie to Croftbridge! She will be working as a solicitor alongside Elise and Dianna in our Estates Litigation team

Croftbridge is excited to welcome Rebecca Thomas to the firm!

She is an accomplished estates and litigation lawyer who will be joining our growing Estates team!

Exciting news for the Croftbridge team!

We are thrilled to announce that Claudia and Beverley are now directors of the firm. Please join us in congratulating them on this well-deserved promotion.

Together, they bring an abundance of experience and enthusiasm to the role and are two remarkable leaders within our Croftbridge team.

We have written a book! And LexisNexis have published it!

We are always trying to find ways to help our lawyers develop their skills in civil litigation. As part of that, we went looking for a book about the strategy and practice of civil litigation - not ‘the law’ (we have the Red Book for that) but rather what happens day-to-day. How do you prepare for a directions hearing? What is a pleading and how do you draft one? What do you call a judge if you run into them at a party? It’s the stuff we all learnt the hard way - either by watching our seniors do it or by being thrown in the deep end.

But no such book existed - as far as we could tell, the hard way remained the only way. So we figured we would do something about it.

Covering everything from first contact with a client right through to accepting judgment, we share what we’ve learned in the hope of making the process just that little bit easier - or at least less scary.

Have a look at the link below for more detail, including a chapter list. Then buy one (or more) for yourself and your staff!

https://store.lexisnexis.com.au/products/civil-litigation-strategy-and-practice-skucivil_litigation_strategy_and_practice

More good news has come in for the Croftbridge crew!

Elise Croft and Beverley Sorrell have both been individually recognised by Doyle's Guide 2022 for the great work they do in the Wills and Estates space.

Beverley is listed as a Leading Wills, Estates & Succession Planning lawyer, while Elise is recognised as Preeminent in Wills & Estates Litigation.

Croftbridge itself is recognised as a Leading Wills & Estates Litigation firm.

Meanwhile, Tim Lethbridge is recognised by Doyle's Guide 2022 as a Leading Employment Lawyer (Employee & Union Representation).

We have a winner!

Last night, Tim Lethbridge was awarded the ALPMA Award for Outstanding General Contribution, recognising his tireless work and great leadership. Tim constantly impresses us with his unique mix of hard work, approachability and professionalism, and we could not be prouder of him.

Croftbridge has welcomed another new face!

Emma Edmands has hit the ground running, assisting the team with litigation, employment and estates matters. When she is not in the office Emma loves fashion, pilates and spending time with her gorgeous golden retriever puppy, Hunter.

Emma has quickly become an asset to the team and we look forward to working with her (and Hunter, once he is toilet trained).