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Ward Legal commenced in September 2006 when Ray Ward resigned from his significantly larger partnership to establish a boutique firm providing timely and cost effective services to corporate small business and private clients.
Ray Ward, the founding director of the firm, has for many years been involved at the cutting edge of the development of the legal professional in New South Wales. He is a:
- member of the Elder Law & Succession Committee of the Law Society of NSW
- director and past president of QL Inc (formerly Quality in Law Inc.)
- past member of the Best Practice Committee of the Law Society of NSW
- member of Best Practice Lawyers
- Notary Public
Ray was admitted as a solicitor in 1974. He originally practiced in the Sydney CBD and in 1976 moved to Wollongong where he was a partner in a firm specialising in local government and town planning and commercial law for the next 28 years. He moved back into the Sydney CBD in 2004 and established Ward Legal on 1 September 2006.
Ray has extensive experience in the business and commercial world and has acted for a wide range of clients including:
- Small business
- National companies
- Local government
- Registered clubs
- A credit union
- Federal and state government departments
Ray has an interest in business management, best practice and total quality management and is a past president and current director of QL Inc. which is a national body setting the standard for quality and accreditation with SAI Global. Ray's prior firm Peedoms Lawyers was one of the first in Australia to achieve best practice accreditation from the Australian Quality Council.
Ray has been a member of Best Practice Lawyers for the past 10 years.
Ray's commercial experience together with experience in deceased estate planning has resulted in him being appointed as a member of the Elder Law and Succession Committee of the Law Society of New South Wales. That committee advises the Law Society of NSW and in turn the Attorney General of NSW in respect of all legal matters pertaining to wills, powers of attorney and administration of estates generally.
Ray's vision is to create a Sydney CBD law firm with a high degree of expertise that is able to advise and assist both corporations and individuals in a timely and cost effective manner.
Ray is supported by a team of professionals and they are located in historic, art deco Ikon House in the heart of Sydney's commercial district only two minutes walk from Wynyard station. The firm has a well established network of local contacts and professional advisers. Our firm values are the principles and attitudes by which we work. Our four guiding values are:
The provision of commercial legal services is an extremely competitive market in NSW.
The firm's regular client surveys have identified the key elements of service sought by users of commercial legal services.
Not surprisingly competence and accuracy of advice is assumed by our clients.
Most importantly our clients have identified that they require timely and efficient legal services.
At Ward Legal we have implemented, with Ray Ward's quality management and best practice skills, systems and procedures to ensure timeliness and efficient delivery of our services. Our computer and other systems ensure that no deadline is overlooked and that our clients' timelines and other requirements are met regardless of our internal workload.
The firm's regular client surveys have identified the key elements of service sought by users of commercial legal services.
Not surprisingly competence and accuracy of advice is assumed by our clients.
Most importantly our clients have identified that they require timely and efficient legal services.
At Ward Legal we have implemented, with Ray Ward's quality management and best practice skills, systems and procedures to ensure timeliness and efficient delivery of our services. Our computer and other systems ensure that no deadline is overlooked and that our clients' timelines and other requirements are met regardless of our internal workload.
Fulfilment means to us at Ward Legal that every person involved in the legal process or the conduct of our business must have his or her expectations fulfilled.
This affects our:
This affects our:
At Ward Legal we regard the integrity of our principal and staff to be the foundation of how we practice law.
We agree that our integrity is to be judged in the broadest sense and includes our:
We agree that our integrity is to be judged in the broadest sense and includes our:
We would not be able to achieve our first 3 values without teamwork.
It is integral to our success in achieving our values that our approach to providing legal services involves:
It is integral to our success in achieving our values that our approach to providing legal services involves: