Latitude Lawyers

Latitude Lawyers provides Employment Workplace Lawyer and Advisory services to employers across Australia from its Brisbane base, led by Principal Lawyer Susannah McAuliffe, who has practised employment law and industrial relations since 1994.

• Founded in 2008, the firm advises on unfair dismissal defence, general protections claims, performance management and misconduct, having advised on thousands of performance cases and hundreds of misconduct matters.
• Advises on Award compliance and wage claims for employers ranging from small businesses to national employers with thousands of staff, and on enterprise bargaining through to ballot processes and Fair Work Commission lodgement.
• Prepares employment contracts and post employment restraints for all employee levels, including senior executives, and advises on restructuring, redundancy and contractor agreements.
• Delivers training on discrimination, sexual harassment, performance management and workplace investigations, alongside plain English HR policies covering Respect@Work obligations.

Best for: employers needing practical, ongoing employment law advice spanning dismissals, contracts and compliance rather than a single one-off matter.

Latitude Lawyers offers Company Unfair Dismissal Representation for employers across Australia, defending claims from the initial complaint through to Fair Work Commission hearings.

• Advises employers on every step of defending an unfair dismissal claim, including preparing warning notifications, termination documentation and meeting scripts for managers.
• Handles dismissals of senior executives, where general protections risk and reputational exposure are higher, drawing on the firm’s experience in cases up to CEO level.
• Pairs representation with performance management and misconduct advice so employers can address poor performance correctly before it escalates to a dismissal dispute.

Best for: employers facing or seeking to avoid an unfair dismissal or general protections claim from a current or former employee.