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Daniel Tassone

Senior Associate

LLB (Dist), BA.

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Daniel practices in commercial litigation, with particular experience in trust and estates disputes, confidential information and restraint of trade, shareholder and partnership disputes, and a broad range of matters under the Corporations Act. He also acts in contractual disputes and professional negligence claims involving lawyers, accountants and other advisors.

He believes in formulating a commercial strategy at the outset to resolve disputes and adopting a pragmatic approach to achieve that outcome.

Daniel is a member of the Law Society of Western Australia and is based in our West Perth office.

Daniel has appeared in the Magistrates, District, Supreme and Federal Courts as well as the State Administrative Tribunal. Recent matters Daniel has worked on include:

  • Advising the former client of a financial adviser in relation to claims for breach of fiduciary duty and professional negligence;
  • Acting for a publicly listed company in Supreme Court proceedings brought by the company against a professional services firm engaged by the company to provide an independent expert report as part of a scheme of arrangement;
  • Acting for a company and its employee in Supreme Court proceedings brought against them by a competitor / former employer for claims of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of confidence;
  • Acting for a tenant in a leasing dispute with a national landlord in Supreme Court proceedings;
  • Acting for a client in multi-party District Court proceedings arising from the supply of a defective commercial vehicle.

Outside of work, Daniel enjoys playing the piano and guitar as well as travelling.