When this year’s prestigious Best Lawyers in Australia list was released on Friday 26 February, it once again featured a growing roll of DW Fox Tucker practitioners, including one new "Lawyer of the Year".

This is great news for our clients who reap the benefits of the experience and specialist expertise our lawyers provide and can rest assured that their legal matters are in very capable hands.

Director and head of our Employment Law practice, Ben Duggan was named as Labour and Employment Law Lawyer of the Year – Adelaide 2017.

This follows on from Sandy Donaldson being named Intellectual Property Law Lawyer of the Year – Adelaide 2016, and John Tucker being named Tax Law Lawyer of the Year – Adelaide 2014-15.

Sandy and John, together with Brett Thorneycroft and Rod Dunne were also recognised yet again in their respective areas. And, in addition to his Tax Law acknowledgement, John Tucker was also added for Wealth Management/Succession Planning Practice.

Two of our Directors were also first time additions to the list. John Walsh, who leads our Workers Compensation & Self Insurance team, was named for Occupational Health & Safety Law; while Briony Hutchens was recognised for Wealth Management/Succession Planning Practice.

The Best Lawyers in Australia list is published annually by The Australian Financial Review and is based on nominations from peers, so inclusion is highly regarded.

We warmly congratulate all of our representatives included in this year’s cohort.

Ben Duggan
Adelaide Labour and Employment Law Lawyer of the Year, 2017
Occupational Health & Safety, 2013 - 2017
Labour and Employment, 2010 - 2017

Alastair (Sandy) Donaldson
Adelaide Intellectual Property Law Lawyer of the Year, 2016
Agriculture & Rural Affairs, 2011 - 2017
Corporate Law, 2011 - 2017
Intellectual Property Law, 2011 - 2017

John Tucker
Adelaide Tax Law Lawyer of the Year, 2014-15
Wealth Management/Succession Planning Practice, 2017
Tax, 2012 - 2017

Brett Thorneycroft
Corporate/Governance, 2009 - 2017
Mergers & Acquisitions, 2009 - 2017

Rod Dunne
Wealth Management/Succession Planning Practice, 2014 - 2017

John Walsh
Occupational Health & Safety, 2017

Briony Hutchens
Wealth Management/Succession Planning Practice, 2017

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