
429 – Kadina Lawyers And The Real World Of Rural Law
Doug Reed celebrates 50 years of Kadina legal practice as he prepares to retire, while former protégé Kylie Mildwaters reveals what rural law really looks like when you run into your clients at the footy, navigate farm succession battles, and do your Woolworths shopping online. In Kadina, the commercial heart of South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, farming families have been trusting the same lawyers with their most important moments for generations. This episode brings two of those lawyers to the table: Doug Reed, who has practised in Kadina for 50 years and is preparing to retire, and Kylie Mildwaters, who grew up on a nearby farm, left for Adelaide to study law, and came back to build her own thriving practice. Between them, they offer an unusually honest portrait of what country law actually looks like: the trust earned slowly, the gossip that spreads fast, and the quiet privilege of knowing