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Nicole Le Pou

Director / Principal Lawyer

Nicole is our Principal Lawyer and was admitted to legal practice in 2004. She has worked almost exclusively in family law since her admission, and started her career with (what was then) the largest law firm in country Victoria dealing with family law, wills and estates and property law.  She then relocated back to Melbourne where she began specialising in family law before she joined Victoria Legal Aid undertaking the challenging role of a duty lawyer in both family law matters and intervention order matters. Nicole remained at Victoria Legal Aid for four years working in the family law, child support and children's court jurisdiction, eventually taking the position of assistant section head of the family law team. 

After leaving Victoria Legal Aid Nicole worked as a family law locum consulting in small and medium sized family law firms in addition to Victorian Government Departments relying on her comprehensive knowledge of family law. 

In 2014 Nicole, together with Renee Campbell, established Accessible Family Law as it is today.

Nicole's focus is now assisting clients with all aspects of their family law matters and she takes particular interest in property matters involving businesses and trust entities. Nicole is well regarded for her down to earth, settlement focused approach. She works with client’s from all over Australia and internationally negotiating outcomes in an efficient manner and avoiding litigation where possible.

Nicole is a trained collaborative lawyer and has completed a Master of Law majoring in Family Law.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, La Trobe University (1997)
  • Bachelor of Law, Deakin University (2002)
  • Collaborative Lawyer (2017)
  • Master of Law (Family Law), College of Law (2022) 

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Our Blog

November 30 2023
Does placing assets inside some kind of family trust mean that they can be ignored when seeking a property settlement during separation? Many people believe that having significant assets held in a family trust will mean that those...
September 1 2023
A primary part of the separation process in Australia is the identification and distribution of the assets of the relationship. With the increasing likelihood that cryptocurrency will form part of those assets, separating parties...
July 20 2023
In family law matters, both parents will typically have their own family lawyers to represent their interests. However, when it comes to parenting matters in particular, the interests of the child (or children) of the relationship...

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