PEOPLE
Our Ethos:
Our firm aims to provide a caring and compassionate service to clients who are often going through the most difficult periods of their professional lives. The vast majority of our client base are individual practitioners, and our aim to is help individuals practice their profession to the best of their ability, by simplifying the often complex regulatory processes.
It is important to us that we maintain consistency in the people that our clients deal with. Our firm ethos aims to provide a strong and supportive workplace for our staff. With high staff retention, you can be confident that you will be dealing with the same people throughout the duration of your matter.
We work in a collaborative manner to ensure that all of our clients get the benefit of the significant experience of each member of our team. However, we are also committed to ensuring that we deliver the best value for money for legal services. We’re very cognisant of wanting to help people access justice and try to be far more cost effective (and we believe we are) than other law firms. We know our practice areas well, so you aren’t charged for us to up-skill.
We are pleased to present our team below:
David Gardner
Director
David graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Laws. He is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of South Australia and the High Court of Australia.
David’s background is in top tier litigation and health regulation, including a period as an investigator and, later, a manager at AHPRA. A skilled investigator and leader, David managed several large teams of investigators, dealing with high risk and complex matters involving health practitioners.
David leads our team with integrity and passion, to improve the situation for health practitioners who find themselves the subject of notifications and complaints, Professional Services Review Processes and other regulatory issues. These processes can often be brutal and dehumanising – David’s experience means that he knows how to navigate these processes with sensitivity, skill and tact, to obtain the best possible outcome possible.
Tania Hall
Office Manager
Tania began her professional career in administration for a large Adelaide law firm in the 1980s. Other opportunities presented themselves in the heady days of FM radio, leading to a successful career in media and marketing, with Tania working as Marketing Manager for a leading retailer for over twenty years.
Now Tania has come full circle, to join us as Office Manager. Tania enjoys working with colleagues who share her ethical values of fairness and respect.
Tania is the first person that our clients speak to at Gardner Legal & Regulatory, who she greets with warmth and empathy. Tania is focused on understanding and documenting individual challenges of our clients, and greatly assists our legal team in its work to provide our clients with positive outcomes.