About us.
Straight talking lawyers
With offices in Preston and Brunswick, we are a reputable firm of like minded lawyers and professional support staff brought together by a passion for justice, a no-nonsense approach to legal practice and a genuine desire to do better for our clients.
Our firm values collaboration, autonomy and mutual respect. We offer our staff and clients a supportive and judgement free legal practice environment, where we do our best work.
We deliver high quality legal services efficiently. We give good advice and we are transparent with legal costs.
Our clients have direct access to our small team of experienced professionals. They communicate directly with their lawyer and understand the advice they receive. Our clients also benefit from our professional network of industry experts, brilliant barristers, and influential legal minds.
Matthew Elvin, Jason Falzon and Louie Elsoukmani are tough and straight talking lawyers, equally as comfortable in the heat of litigation as they are in crafting meticulous agreements.
Better lawyers
We are no-nonsense lawyers who talk straight with our clients and tough with our opponents. We charge fairly and we know how to fight when needed.
Our legal services are high quality, our advice is clear, and we are transparent with costs. Our clients have direct access to their lawyer, not just their assistant.
We are a reliable established firm in the Northern suburbs offering a refreshingly direct approach to the practice of law. Each of our lawyers works exclusively in one practice area and comes to our firm with substantial experience.
Our clients can expect to receive good advice and firm representation from an experienced lawyer, to have access to our professional network of experts and legal minds and to feel comfortable and supported in our collaborative and judgment-free legal practice environment.
Case highlights
“In the absence of clear and satisfactory proof, the court cannot be satisfied that the deceased knew and approved of the contents of the Will.” – Judge McMillan, 17 May 2021
- In a 2022 VCAT case VNH (Guardianship) [2022] VCAT 379 Elvin Lawyers relied on expert neuropsychological evidence to obtain a VCAT order overturning a 2021 Power of Attorney and instead upholding a 2017 Power of Attorney made by Elvin Lawyers’ client.
- In a 2022 Supreme Court case (Restricted Judgment) Elvin Lawyers obtained a Court order to remove a person from a Melbourne house they were illegally occupying and that they pay Elvin Lawyers’ legal costs.
- In a 2022 Supreme Court case Matthew Elvin won an appeal, overturning an earlier Magistrates’ Court judgment regarding breaches of Overarching Obligations.
- In a 2021 Supreme Court case, Elvin Lawyers a Court Order overturning a deceased’s Will. As a result, Elvin Lawyers’ client received more from the deceased estate.
- In a 2021 County Court case Elvin Lawyers made a hard fought and complex application to dismiss a Court proceeding for ‘abuse of process’. Unfortunately that application was not successful.
- In a 2020 Supreme Court case Matthew Elvin successfully defended a summary judgment application.
- In a 2020 Supreme Court case, Elvin Lawyers obtained a Court Order dismissing the other party’s meritless claim against Elvin Lawyers’ client.
- In a 2019 VCAT case, Elvin Lawyers obtained a VCAT Order revoking an Administration Order which had previously been placed on their client.
- In a 2019 case Elvin Lawyers successfully defended their client against a summary judgment application brought by the other party in the Magistrates’ Court.
- In a 2018 case, Elvin Lawyers obtained a judgment from VCAT ordering the other parties to return valuable tools and machinery to Elvin Lawyers’ client.
- In a 2016 case, Elvin Lawyers successfully defended their client against a strike out application brought by the other party in the Magistrates’ Court.
