Wendy Jones

Wendy is highly experienced in dispute resolution, litigation and insolvency matters.

Wendy has specific expertise representing financial institutions in litigious matters including secured and unsecured debt recovery (including Farm Debt Mediation), cheque conversion, mistaken payments, misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, scams, bank systems and procedures, guarantees, and access to banking records.

She also has a diverse general litigation practice including acting in partnership and shareholder disputes, leasing and other property disputes, disputes involving breach of contract and/or professional duties, claims for misleading or deceptive conduct, claims arising from business sale agreements and disputes involving the sale of goods or provision of services.

Wendy also has extensive experience in all forms of external administration, regularly advising liquidators, voluntary administrators and receivers and managers in respect of the conduct of their administrations including conducting claims on their behalf.

Wendy has been recognised by Doyle’s Guide as a preeminent Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyer in South Australia and has been named in Best Lawyers™ for Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Experience

Wendy’s experience includes advising:

  • a major bank in a complex equitable priority dispute in the Supreme Court of South Australia;
  • a defendant in a claim for misleading or deceptive conduct in the sale of a business in the Federal Court of Australia;
  • a defendant in Corporations Act and Trustee Act (SA) proceedings by former business partner in the Supreme Court of South Australia;
  • a major bank in a claim by former wealth customer in the Federal Court of Australia;
  • a major bank in respect of voluntary administration of customer group of companies;
  • receivers and managers over a group of manufacturing companies; and
  • receivers and managers appointed over a group of agricultural companies.

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