Margaret Sandford
Experience | Areas of Expertise | Biography
| 1982 | Graduated University of Western Australia with Bachelor of Jurisprudence |
| 1983 | Graduated University of Western Australia with Bachelor of Laws |
| 1984 | Admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of Western Australia |
| 1983 - 1985 | Articled clerk and then restricted practitioner - Patrick J Gethin, Midland |
| 1986 | Meaby & Co - United Kingdom |
| 1986 -1987 | Lawyer - Robert Thompson & Partners, United Kingdom |
| 1987 - 1989 | Lawyer - May Jarvis & Co, United Kingdom |
| 1989 - 1990 | Lawyer - Claudio Russo Shaw, Perth |
| 1990 - 1996 | Lawyer then Consultant Solicitor - Summers Partners, Perth |
| 1995 | Graduate Diploma in Children's Studies (with emphasis on legal aspects of child care), Edith Cowan University, Perth |
| 1998 - 1999 | Consultant Solicitor - MT Bailey & Associates |
| 1999 - 2005 | Consultant Solicitor - SummersLegal, Perth and Citizens Advice Bureau, Fremantle |
| 2005 - 2009 | Senior Solicitor - McDonald Pynt, Fremantle |
| 2009 - 2011 | Sole Legal Practitioner - Margaret C Sandford |
| 2010 | Sessional tutor in Administrative Law at University of Notre Dame Law School, Fremantle |
| 2011 - Current | Senior Lawyer - IRDI Legal |
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Property Law |
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Business Conveyancing |
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Commercial Leasing |
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Wills, Probate and Estate Planning |
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Trusts and Companies |
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Loan Finance, Mortgages, Charges and Security Documentation |
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General Commercial Law |
A barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia since 1984, Margaret joined the legal team at IRDI Legal in March 2011. She brings to the firm a wealth of experience as a solicitor across many areas of law.
Margaret commenced her legal career in 1983 in Perth before living and working in the United Kingdom for four years. She returned to Perth in 1989 and has worked for a number of firms as a lawyer and consultant solicitor. Most recently, she ran her own practice, specialising in property, wills and probate and general commercial law, whilst also mentoring young law students as a sessional tutor in Administrative Law at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle during 2010.
Margaret is fluent in Italian, being of Italian heritage.
(08) 9443 5233
(08) 9443 4264
margaret.sandford@irdi.com.au



