b'A glass and a half of legal adviceIn 1880 twenty-year-old Macpherson Mac Robertsonfounded MacRobertsons Steam Confectionery Works, which became Australias largest confectionery company. Especially renowned for its chocolate and iconic products, including Cherry Ripe, Old Gold and Freddo Frogs, which remain Australian favourites.Now remembered as the Willy Wonka of Melbourne, the budding entrepreneur toured the US in 1893, returning to introduce fairy floss and chewing gum to the Australian market. Always immaculately dressed in white, Robertson presided over a large complex of factories known as the White City, painted completely white in contrast to the grimy industrial streets of Fitzroy. The factories were operated by thousands of white-uniformed employees, and trotting along in front of white delivery carts were prize- winning white draught horses.Hedderwick Fookes & Alston advised on a broad range of matters for MacRobertsons over many years. In 1930, while the firm was reviewing a theft involving vanishing butter, a young MacRobertsons employee, Harry Melbourne, was busy finalising the companys latest creationthe Freddo Frog. The initial product designs involved a mouse, but eighteen-year-old Harry was concerned women and children might be afraid of mice, and instead chose a frog.In 1967 MacRobertsons was acquired by English confectioner Cadbury. Hedderwick Fookes & Alston had also undertakenFreddo Frog counter display box work for Cadbury and continued to work for the mergedfrom the 1940s.company. The firms involvement continues today on the Cadbury and MacRobertsons brands, which are now owned by Mondelz International.82'