Lakey Legal

Lakey Legal is a law firm based in Bendigo, Victoria. The firm specialises in providing client-centred legal services. Its staff have a combined 77 years of experience outside of legal practice. Dean Lakey is the Principal Solicitor and specialises in property, corporate and commercial law, with additional experience in family law and criminal law. John Fuller is a Consultant and a former Victoria Police prosecutor, detective, and member of the Australian Federal Police, with over 28 years of experience in policing, criminal justice and the law; his areas of expertise include criminal law, family law, child protection, and succession law.

Alicia McGlashan is a Family Lawyer who assists clients with family breakdown and regularly appears at Mediation, Conciliation Conferences, Court Hearings in the Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia and in the Magistrates Court of Victoria. Isaac McLean is a Wills & Estates Lawyer who holds a double degree in Law and International Studies from Deakin University and is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia. Lakey Legal provides legal services in property, corporate and commercial law, family law, criminal law, and wills and estates.

Lakey Legal is repeatedly linked by clients to a professional and responsive approach to conveyancing, property settlement and document execution. Dean receives consistent recognition as an approachable solicitor who, alongside Laura, makes the process straightforward to follow, with questions invited and answered plainly. The same pair are named time and again when people explain why they return to the Bendigo practice for further instructions. Timely completion of paperwork is a theme running through the accounts, as is the ease with which documents are prepared and witnessed.

Several reviewers describe communication as prompt and advice as efficient, noting that no query is treated as trivial and that the tone remains considerate even when matters become involved. Efficiency of the operation as a whole is another recurring observation, alongside the professional courtesy shown across each stage of a matter. The commentary groups around a small team whose members guide each step, explain what is required and stay contactable until settlement is finalised, with document execution and conveyancing the work most often cited in the feedback.