Brendan Manning
Director (LLM)
Brendan Manning is the Director of Manning Lawyers, and has a Master of Commercial Law and over 25 years’ experience in private practice. Brendan has practised in many areas of law, having developed expertise in negotiation and litigation.
Adopting a practical and reassuring approach, Brendan understands the need to offer personalised service to his clients during the course of their legal matter. Brendan listens carefully to clients to fully appraise their situation, their unique goals, and what they want from a legal practitioner. A client may need someone to stand up for them, or alternatively, they may need someone to calm them down and see from another perspective. He always has his eye on the big picture for clients who are lost in the emotional turmoil of a dispute, helping them to create a platform from which to rebuild their life.
Brendan’s Family Law expertise includes:
- Initial Advice based on a Client Meeting
- Advice and preparation for mediation, including roundtable conferences and settlement negotiations
- Referrals to mediators and counsellors
- Children’s matters and custody arrangements
- Identifying and valuing the matrimonial assets, including real estate, businesses and superannuation
- Assessing property entitlements
- Property disputes and settlements
- Prenuptial and separation agreements
- De-facto relationship agreements
- Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (ADVOs)
- Appearances in the Family, Local and Federal Circuit Courts
- Regional, interstate and overseas court appearances
Contact Brendan
Mobile: 0416 080 616
Email: [email protected]
Contact us to Arrange a Consultation on
0416 080 616 or (02) 9272 3122
Brendan provides his clients with alternatives to court proceedings wherever possible. Due to his broad experience and postgraduate study, Brendan has a well-developed understanding of commercial issues, including complex business structures such as companies, trusts and family businesses. This helps him to effectively gauge the assets of a relationship, perform investigative procedures where necessary, and negotiate settlements in very difficult situations. Brendan’s litigation practice includes family law, relationship law, and he also acts in matters arising from contractual disputes, will disputes, unrecovered debts, employment disputes, criminal law, traffic infringements and apprehended violence orders (such as ADVOs) and much more. He also provides legal services such as wills and powers of attorney. See our services pages to find out more about what Brendan and Andrew’s practice areas.
We are here to help
At Manning Lawyers, father and son work together with a close-knit team to give clients personalised legal services. With decades of experience and extensive education, they deliver results and offer that personal touch. From a one-off legal advice, or the drafting of a will,through to complex dispute resolution or appearances in court, the Manning Lawyers team performs with excellence.
Brendan provides his clients with alternatives to court proceedings wherever possible. Due to his broad experience and postgraduate study, Brendan has a well-developed understanding of commercial issues, including complex business structures such as companies, trusts and family businesses.
Contact Andrew
Mobile: 0405 296 842
Email: [email protected]
Contact us to Arrange a Consultation on
0416 080 616 or (02) 9272 3122
Andrew Manning
BA LLB (Hons) MARN: 1570707
Andrew Manning is a director of Manning Lawyers and is a fully qualified Australian lawyer and registered migration agent. He practices across a number of areas including wills and estates, drafting commercial documents such as contracts and trust deeds and more personal documents such as powers of attorney and appointments of enduring guardians. He practices migration law including visa applications and appealing visa cancellations. He also practices in bankruptcy and insolvency matters. Andrew is currently broadening his practice further through his enrolment in a Master’s degree program in International Law at the University of Sydney, with a focus on diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities.
My Practice
My practice is based on three principles: advocacy, engagement and change.
Advocacy is the essence of being a lawyer, which is to advocate your client’s position to the fullest extent of the law. Not only does this requires effective communication, personal availability and professional wisdom, but often requires a multidisciplinary team of barristers, accountants and other experts to ensure that the client’s position is put forward on the strongest basis. Put another way, advocacy is usually a team effort.
Engagement is interfacing between a client and the other relevant parties in the matter at hand. This requires a thorough understanding of another person’s goals, perspective and mentality, whether it is understanding the real motivations of a counterparty in a commercial transaction, predicting the issues that will be raised by a delegate in the Department of Home Affairs for a visa application, or realising the key issues that a judge will consider in contested legal proceedings. Engagement allows the swift identification of the actual issues in dispute and where possible, to settle those through consent orders or a deed of settlement.
Change in the client’s circumstances is the chief measurement of a lawyer’s value. Whether this is achieved through timely advice, having the correct mix of skills in the team or sheer determination to see a matter through to the end, the ability to effect change is the ultimate currency of a lawyer’s value to their client.
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