Ross MacDonald

Ross is a graduate of the University of Sydney as a Bachelor of Laws. Ross is an experienced commercial and property lawyer. He has particular expertise in the field of dispute resolution and is a member of the Law Society's Specialist Accreditation Mediation Advisory Committee. He also practices in Employment Law and Industrial Relations.

Particulars of his current area of practice and qualifications include:

Mediation

• Accredited Specialist Mediator (Law Society of NSW).
• Conducting mediations and assisting clients participating in mediations and dispute resolution generally in all areas.

Member of many panels of mediators including:

• Supreme Court of NSW
• District Court of NSW
• Land & Environment Court
• Law Society of NSW (advanced panel)
• LEADR (advanced panel)
• Retail Tenancy Unit panel
• Panel established under the Farm Debt Mediation Act 1994
• Panel of Australian Commercial Disputes Centre

Property

• Most areas including commercial leasing, sales and purchases and residential transactions.

Employment Law/Industrial Relations

• Including unfair dismissal and related employment and industrial relations matters.

SIGNIFICANT RECENT WORK

Mediation

• Mediation of major commercial disputes involving multi-parties
• Farm debt mediations involving banks and large farms
• Many mediations of retail lease disputes involving major shopping centres and various tenants
• Mediation of disputes under the Family Provisions Act
• Assisting a major insurance company as a party to a multi party dispute involving amounts in excess of $20 million

Property

• Acting on the acquisition and subsequent development of a major residential and commercial site including the preparation of contracts for sales off-plan and specific leases for commercial units
• Reviewing service contracts and general involvement in the acquisition of major hotel sites
• Acting for a corporate client in complex financing transaction of approximately $40 million to develop a major retail outlet

Industrial Relations

• Advising a subsidiary of a major insurer in relation to employment issues and personal appearances in the Industrial Relations Commission
• Negotiating directly (generally on behalf of employers but occasionally for employees) in unfair dismissal claims

Email: ross@parrycarroll.com.au