Senior workplace law experience, on call for your firm.
Philip now works as an external consultant to law firms in a leadership role, bringing more than twenty years of workplace-law experience to your team and your most demanding cases.
Depth you can bring in when you need it.
Not every firm has a senior workplace-law specialist on hand for every matter, and not every matter needs one until it suddenly does. Philip fills that gap. As an external consultant he works alongside your practitioners, adding senior judgement exactly where it counts without adding permanent headcount.
He contributes in two clear ways: developing your people, and strengthening your hardest cases.
Mentoring younger practitioners
One of Philip's two key roles as a consultant is to enable younger workplace-law staff to shadow him and learn from his experience as a senior practitioner. It is a rare chance for less experienced lawyers to see how a top workplace lawyer actually thinks.
- Junior staff shadow live matters and learn by observation
- Strategy, judgement and courtroom instinct passed on directly
- Capability that stays with your firm long after a matter closes
Support on advanced cases
Philip's second role is to help with the advanced cases that need his expertise. These are the matters where genuine depth changes the outcome, and where having a veteran workplace lawyer on the team is worth a great deal.
- Complex, high-stakes WorkCover, OH&S and employment matters
- Integrated strategy across the whole problem, not one slice of it
- Trial-tested experience, including in the County and Supreme Courts
Facing a difficult workplace issue directly?
Philip also takes on advanced workplace-law cases for employers who need senior, integrated advice on a hard problem. If you are an employer with a WorkCover, safety or employment matter that has become genuinely complex, he is worth a conversation.
Discuss your matter- Complex claims and disputes where the stakes justify senior involvement.
- Cross-cutting problems that touch safety, employment and compensation at once.
- Matters heading toward a hearing that benefit from trial-tested judgement.
How working with Philip fits together.
Primarily other law firms, in a leadership and consulting role, and employers who need senior advice on advanced workplace matters. His focus is WorkCover, occupational health and safety, and employment law.
Younger workplace-law staff shadow Philip and learn directly from how he approaches real matters. It is designed to build lasting capability in your team, alongside the outcome on any given case.
The advanced ones. Philip is brought in where a matter is complex or high-stakes and benefits from more than twenty years of integrated workplace-law experience, including trial experience in the County and Supreme Courts.
Melbourne, Australia. To discuss how an engagement would work for your firm or your matter, get in touch and Philip will respond personally.
Add senior experience to your team.
Talk to Philip about mentoring, advanced case support, or a specific matter your firm is working on.