Bev Clark
phone: 08 8212 1322
mail: bc@bc-lawyers.com.au
Bev was admitted as a practitioner in 1987 having graduated from Adelaide University. She has been a member of the Law Society of South Australia since 1988 and is also a member of the Law Council of Australia and the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. Bev is on the Collaborative law committee of the Law Society of South Australia and a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
After holding the position of Associate in well established Adelaide practices, she joined in partnership with Charlie Belperio in 1992 and has enjoyed being in business with him since that time.She is a Practising Family Lawyer, Mediator and Collaborative Practitioner. Bev is a founding and active member of the Adelaide Collaborative Practice Group. She has presented on Collaborative Practice at
In the early years of practice Bev worked as a general practitioner in areas including criminal law, commercial law, criminal injuries compensation, inheritance family provision act claims, wills and estates, personal injury and family law. Bev has appeared in the Supreme, District, Magistrates, Youth, Federal Magistrates and Family Courts.
Bev's interest in family law and personal injury law resulted in her concentrating on those areas and she has almost exclusively practiced in those areas in the last fifteen years. Her prior general experience however has enabled her to adopt a well-rounded approach to her main areas of interest.
Bev is committed to achieving the best possible results for her clients. She understands the importance of exploring opportunities to achieve resolution of matters.
In the area of personal injury she can look after motor accidents, dog bite cases and other personal injury claims. Bev works hard to assist her clients to maximise their compensation.
In family law Bev is well experienced and can assist with property disputes, children's issues, divorce, spousal maintenance, and can also assist in de facto, domestic partner and paternity disputes. Bev can prepare the documentation to embody your agreement in Consent Orders or can assist to negotiate a settlement where that assistance is required. If litigation assistance is required Bev can assist in all aspects of the litigation process. As a mother with two young boys Bev understands the importance of putting the children's interests first and has a particular interest in promoting the interests of children in Family Law.
Bev also is a trained mediator and if you require the services of a mediator you can appoint Bev in that position. Bev is very excited to be one of the first 2 trained Collaborative lawyers in South Australia as well as being involved in the first collaborative cases to run in South Australia.
Collaborative Law is a form of dispute resolution in which the Judge is taken out of the equation - the parties and their lawyers contract not to go to Court. It is very well suited to Family law matters and in fact was developed to help families resolve disputes in a respectful and private way, that enabled them to still co-parent and preserve a reasonable relationship for the sake of the children in the future. It lends itself also to commercial and estate matters where it is important to maintain relationships (ie business partners, family members arguing over a deceased estate). Bev is active in promoting Collaborative Law in South Australia and sees this as a more cost effective, less stressful, quicker, more private and more creative way of resolving dispute than being involved in expensive, lengthy and uncertain litigation.