Phillip Leaman
- Principal
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- Accredited Business Law Specialist
- LLB(Hons), BCom
- pleaman@tlfc.com.au
- +613 8600 9333
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Phillip Leaman is a versatile commercial and property lawyer with excellent drafting and negotiating skills. Possessing a sound understanding of the business issues facing his clients, he is committed to providing commercially focused legal advice and high level service.
Phillip Leaman knows that his clients want to get the deal done and start making money, and takes a strategic approach to ensure an effective and expeditious outcome.
He provides easy to read, straight forward commercial documents.
Phillip Leaman is an Accredited Business Law Specialist and has extensive expert knowledge and experience in:
Acting for property developers on:
Structuring advice;
Documenting shareholder, unitholder, joint venture and partnership relationships;
Option deeds;
Development agreements;
Project Management Agreements;
VCAT planning permit applications;
Title issues;
Plans of Subdivision issues;
Loan facilities, mortgages and security interests on the Personal Property Securities Act Register;
Restrictive covenant issues;
Easement issues;
Caveat issues;
Service provider agreements;
Adverse possession and fence disputes;
Phillip Leaman acted for the successful party in the leading adverse possession case in Victoria Abbatangelo v Whittlesea City Council and has been involved in a substantial number of claims (acting on both sides of the fence) and claims at Land Use Victoria, Magistrates’ Court, County Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal;
Compulsory acquisition
Phillip Leaman has acted for a substantial amount of compulsory acquisition matters on projects such as East West Link, Level Crossing Removal Project, Sky rail, Melbourne Metro Rail Project, Dandenong to Caulfield Voluntary Purchase Scheme, council acquisitions for public open space and other projects.
Advising clients who own small and large businesses (including property developers and property owners) on:
Structuring advice;
Corporate governance;
Documenting shareholder, unitholder, joint venture and partnership relationships
Sale and purchase of businesses, partnerships, companies and trusts;
Shareholder and unitholder disputes;
Distribution and licensing arrangements;
Franchises;
Leases, transfers and lease disputes;
Loan facilities and security interests on the Personal Property Securities Act Register;
Employee issues and employment agreements;
Copyright, Trade Marks and IP Licensing;
Trading terms and credit applications;
Prize and competition terms and conditions;
Advising real estate agents. See our full list of real estate agent services.
Phillip Leaman has been an active member of Scouting for over 15 years as a leader. He is a Queens Scout and Baden Powell Awardee and was an Assistant Scout Leader of the 1st Hoppers Crossing Scout Troop and and is currently a member of the Victorian branch Air Activities Team. Phillip’s other interests include scuba diving, golf, flying light aircraft and he has obtained his private pilot’s licence.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing
Qualifications & Industry Memberships
- Bachelor of Commerce- Major in Economic Commerce Management (Deakin)
- Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (Deakin)
- Member of Law Institute of Victoria
- Chair of the Law Institute of Victoria Accredited Specialisation Advisory Committee for Business Law Specialisation
- Chair of the Business Law and Corporate Law Committee of the Law Institute of Victoria
- Law Institute of Victoria Accredited Business Law Specialist (since 2012)
Articles by this author
View AllRetail Leases Update for Agents and Landlords

By Phillip Leaman
29 January 2019
Underquoting Agent cops $720,000 fine

By Phillip Leaman
20 November 2018
Unprofessional estate agents need not read this.

By Phillip Leaman
14 August 2018
Selling a small business? Don’t get caught out with the new law changes

By Phillip Leaman
24 July 2018
Landlords – Make sure you get paid!

By Phillip Leaman
3 July 2018
ESTATE AGENT UPDATE – Agents breathe a sigh of relief

By Phillip Leaman
26 June 2018
Insolvent Parties – Be Careful of Terminating Contracts

By Phillip Leaman
29 March 2018
Adverse Possession – How to Defend a Claim

By Phillip Leaman
22 March 2018
Case Law Update: Retail Leases – Is your Lease In or Out of the Act?

By Phillip Leaman
22 March 2018
Case Law Update: Developers Watch Out – No Cost Land Grabs by Councils Can be Legal

By Phillip Leaman
12 February 2018
Property Law Symposium – Wednesday 07 March

By Phillip Leaman
29 January 2018
Roads – What are they and how do you get rid of them

By Phillip Leaman
20 November 2017