What We Do
We use our expertise and progressive approach to empower our clients to make informed, commercial and cost-effective decisions to ensure better outcomes and brighter futures.
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Family Law
We are end-to-end family law practitioners. We have over 50 years combined experience and have helped thousands of clients with their family law matters. We make every attempt to achieve settlements for our clients outside of court proceedings.
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Property Conveyancing
We know selling or purchasing a property can be stressful and our aim is to alleviate that stress and ensure your transaction runs as smoothly as possible.
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Wills & Powers of Attorney
We work closely with you to understand your unique circumstances and provide advice regarding how to ensure your wealth is distributed in accordance with your wishes. This may include setting up trusts or other legal vehicles to ensure your estate is protected.
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Business Legal Matters
We act for landlords, owners and tenants of small and medium businesses to provide advice and representation in relation to a range of legal issues.
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Binding Financial Agreement – (pre or post nuptial agreements)
Have you agreed on your settlement and wish to document the terms in a legally binding agreement? Or do you wish to protect your wealth in the event of a relationship breakdown?
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Child Support and Spousal Maintenance
We have advised thousands of clients in relation child support and spousal maintenance matters. Sometimes, clients are not aware of their entitlements under the law.
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Children’s Arrangements
We know there is a lot of emotion and stress involved when it comes to agreeing on children’s arrangements. Our approach is to take the time to listen to what you have to say and carefully advise you on your rights and responsibilities whilst promoting each child’s best interests. We are empathetic to your situation and genuinely care about you and your children’s futures.
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Commercial Disputes & Debt Recovery
Our primary objective is to provide value-based advice to produce practical cost-effective outcomes. We know you do not want to end up in a costly court dispute so we adopt a commercial mindset and engage in alternative dispute resolution such as mediation.
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De-Facto Relationships
Whether you are just commencing your relationship or in the final stages, we provide detailed advice about your legal rights in relation to de-facto law.
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Probate Applications & Estate Administration
We are expert Estate lawyers. We can assist you to make an application to the Court for a Grant or Probate or Letters of Administration, navigate communications with government departments, banks, superannuation funds and other organisations to finalise estate distributions.
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Divorce
We can assist you to apply for and obtain your divorce from the family court. In Australia, married couples must be separated for a period of 12 months before they can apply for a divorce.
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Estate Planning
Our client’s needs are unique and diverse. We know you want to build and retain your wealth. Ensuring you have an experienced lawyer on your team is important in every stage of life in order to avoid unexpected and unintended consequences. We provide the right advice.
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Pre-Purchase Contract Advice
Our clients often ask us to review contracts of sale when they are considering purchasing a property. These reviews are done by our qualified lawyer who specialises in property law and conveyancing. Our pre-contract advice is provided to you in a letter and covers what we consider to be the most relevant advice to you.
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Property & Construction
With over 50 years combined experience in property law, we do more than just conveyancing.
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Property Settlements
We take the time to understand your financial circumstances, your needs and your goals to advise you on the best way forward. Our focus is achieving a financial settlement for you that is cost-effective and in your best interests. We know this can be one of the most stressful times in your life so we ensure our advice and our representation is personalised and unique to each of our clients.
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Same Sex Couples
Our clients diversity ensures we are uniquely placed to advise a range of people including those in LGBT community. We can assist you to protect your wealth at the beginning of your relationship and to maximise your settlement entitlements at the end of your relationship. We do this by utilising over 50 years of combined experience.
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Will Disputes
As expert estate lawyers, we are regularly consulted by clients in relation to their rights to contest a Will. We are experienced litigators. We have acted for executors to protect the estate from claims by individuals and for individual claimants making a claim against the estate. If you are considering making a claim, consulting an experienced lawyer in this area is key. With over 50 years combined experience, you are in safe hands.
