Quality Advice Solicitors
We are a Christian, boutique mid tier quality advice law firm. Our expert and specialist solicitors (lawyers) deliver practical solution focused legal services.
Our Brisbane lawyers and Gold Coast lawyers have worked in top tier law firms and government departments across multiple jurisdictions and are leaders in their fields including - the Not for Profit (Non Profit) sector | Corporate and Commercial | Trusts | Intellectual Property | Employment | Property | Conveyancing | Estate Planning | Business Succession Planning | Litigation | and Criminal Law.
We act for institutional, business and individual clients right across Australia and in numerous overseas countries (including China, Japan, the United States and New Zealand).
Queensland (Australia) offices in Brisbane (Herston near Bowen Hills, Fortitude Valley and Spring Hill close to the Brisbane CBD) and in the Northern Gold Coast (Hope Island near Helensvale, Sanctuary Cove and Coomera close to the M1).
Not for Profit clients
Non profit specialist solicitors for your -
School
Charity | Church | Association
Peak Body | Community Group
DGR | PBI | Foundation | Trust
Business clients
Commercial solicitors for your -
Small Business | Company | Trust
Franchise | Employment issues
Partnership | Joint Venture
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Our Client Services Manager will identify the best member of our team to assist you,
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Legal Resource Centre & Law Experts Blog
Recent articles from our solicitors
Not for Profit - Application of Unfair Contract Regime to School Enrolment Contracts
Not for Profit - The common law meaning of "Charity" in Australia
Not for Profit - Submission in Response to the Proposed Public Benefit Test for Charities
Not for Profit - Expert Evidence in Canberra at the Invitation of the Senate Economics Committee
Not for Profit - Directors Duties- A Refresher
Not for Profit - Amalgamation of Churches
Not for Profit - Tax Endorsements, Reviews, Audits and Reporting Compliance Guidance
Estate Planning - Special Disability Trusts
Body Corporate & Property Law: Body Corporate Sinking Fund Levies & Sinking Fund Forecasts
Employment Law - Queensland Industrial Relations referred to Commonwealth
Not for Profit Law - Proposed Reporting Changes for Not for Profit Companies Limited by Guarantee
Property Law - Body Corporate Liability: Injury from Defective Common Property
Employment Law - Redundancy, the Fair Work Act and Fair Work Australia
Estate Planning - Financial Agreements (the Australian Pre-Nup) and Estate Planning
Schools - Confronting Family Law issues at the Time of Enrolment.
Not for Profit organisations - Preparing your Not for Profit organisation for an ATO Review or Audit - Getting your house in order
Australian attorneys, lawyers and solicitors for overseas clients
We act for a number of overseas based clients who have operations in Australia.
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Our solicitors are based in offices easily accessible to all parts of Brisbane and at the Northern end of the Gold Coast. Find us …
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Our lawyers regularly travel between Brisbane and the Gold Coast and to our clients wherever they are based. Visiting you at your business or home is no problem. Just ask us.
Chinese, Taiwanese and Afrikaans speaking staff (Brisbane & Gold Coast)
We are able, should you ask us to, to arrange for one of our team to hear your questions and explain legal matters to you in Mandarin, Taiwanese and Afrikaans from our Brisbane and Gold Coast offices (Queensland, Australia)
Legal services provided in the following areas of law
| Non Profit | Commercial | Property | IP and Technology | Employment | Estate Planning | Estate Administration & Litigation | Litigation |
| Not for Profit (Nonprofit) | Corporate | Queensland Conveyancing | Intellectual Property | Offers of employment | Making a Will | Executor duties | Civil litigation |
| Charities | Business | Brisbane Conveyancing | Copyright | Employment Contracts | Powers of Attorney | Probate | Commercial Litigation |
| Schools | Structuring | Gold Coast Conveyancing | Trade Marks | HR processes and policies | Guardian Guidelines | Deceased estate administration | Corporations Act litigation |
| Colleges | Trusts | Commercial Leases | IP Licence Agreements | Employer Policies | Testamentary Trusts | Family Provision Applications | Trade Practices Act complaints and litigation |
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and Educational Institutions |
Discretionary Trusts | Retail Shop Leases | IP Development Agreement | Warnings | Testamentary Discretionary Trusts | Testator's Family Maintenance | Contract disputes and litigation |
| Churches | Unit Trusts | Licensing | IP Commercialisation Agreements | Termination of employment | Protective Trusts | Challenging a Will | Injunctions |
| Public Benevolent institutions (PBI's) | Hybrid Trusts | Easements | Intellectual Property transfer | Unfair dismissal | Disability Trusts | Will rectification | Declarations |
| Deductible Gift Recipients (DGR's) | Company registration | Mortgages | eLaw issues | Unlawful termination, dismissal | Blended family issues | Intestacy | Specific Performance |
| Non Profit Tax endorsements and compliance | Governance | Community Title / Strata Title | online contract issues | Employee entitlements | Business Succession | Testamentary Capacity | Negligence |
| ATO Audits | Joint Ventures | Body Corporate | web site terms and conditions | Redundancy | Binding Death Nominations (Superannuation) | Attorney duties | Fraud |
| Structuring | Shareholder Agreements | Property Development | eCommerce | Collective Agreements | Self Managed Super Succession | Attorney conflict of interest & duty | Anti-discrimination |
| Constitutions | Loan Agreements | Sub-division | Warranties | Variation of employment contracts | Life Interests | Enduring Power of Attorney capacity | Criminal law |
| Charitable Trusts | TPA (Trade Practices Act) and Fair Trading | Off-the-plan Contracts | Privacy | Independent Contractor arrangements | Buy / Sell Agreements | Disappointed beneficiaries | Mediation |
| Church disputes / discipline | Terms & Conditions of trade | Buying & selling business | Confidentiality | Restraint of Trade | Protecting against your Will being challenged | Cut out of a Will | Arbitration |
| Incorporation | Contract review | Business conveyancing | Non-Disclosure | Severance payment | Excluding beneficiaries | Disputing a Will | Insolvency |
| Company limited by guarantee | International Agreements | Share Sale Agreements | Cross jurisdiction transactions | Employment dispute | Enduring Powers of Attorney | Dying without a Will | Debt Recovery |
| Associations | JV's | Asset Sale Agreements | Passing off | IR | Will Contracts | Missing out on an inheritance | Remedies |
| Unincorporated associations | Restructuring | Chattel Sale | Breach of confidence | Industrial relations | Mutual Wills | Invaild Will | Damages |
| Associations Incorporation Act issues | Reconstruction | Tenders | Internet law | Human resources | Family Deeds of Arrangement | Chinese speaking Lawyer | Agreement disputes and litigation |
| Letters Patent bodies | Franchise Agreements | Special Conditions | web law | Workplace relations | Asset Protection | Taiwanese speaking Lawyer | Joint Venture disputes |
| Office Holders liability | Guarantee & Indemnity | PAMDA | IT Law | Fair Work Australia | Right to reside | Mandarin speaking Lawyer | Shareholder disputes |
| Risk Management | Mortgages | Conveyancing Protocol | Information Technology law | Awards | Cutting children out of your Will | South Afriican (Afrikaans) Consultant | Partnership disputes |
| Governance | Certificates of independent legal advice | Termination of Contracts | Chinese speaking Lawyer | Fair Work Act | Chinese speaking Lawyer | Compulsory land acquisition disputes | |
| ATO reviews and audits | Corporate governance | Fixed fee conveyancing | Taiwanese speaking Lawyer | Chinese speaking Lawyer | Taiwanese speaking Lawyer | Corporate litigation | |
| Australian Taxation Office reviews and audits | Compliance / regulatory | Fixed Cost conveyancing | Mandarin speaking Lawyer | Taiwanese speaking Lawyer | Mandarin speaking Lawyer | Banking & Finance litigation | |
| Aboriginal Corporations and Indigenous Trusts | Doing business in Australia | Co-ownership agreements | South Afriican (Afrikaans) Consultant | Mandarin speaking Lawyer | South Afriican (Afrikaans) Consultant | ATO charges | |
| Aged Care Providers | Business Succession Planning | Body Corporate Law | South Afriican (Afrikaans) Consultant | Chinese speaking Lawyer | |||
| Research Institutions and Funds | Sucession of control of trusts | Body Corporate disputes | Taiwanese speaking Lawyer | ||||
| Health Institutions and Funds | Chinese speaking Lawyer | Chinese speaking Lawyer | Mandarin speaking Lawyer | ||||
| Environment and Environmental Organisations | Taiwanese speaking Lawyer | Taiwanese speaking Lawyer | |||||
| Cultural and Heritage Organisations | Mandarin speaking Lawyer | ||||||
| Ancillary Funds | South Afriican (Afrikaans) Consultant | South Afriican (Afrikaans) Consultant | |||||
| Overseas Aid funds | |||||||
| Associations | |||||||
| Clubs/Societies | |||||||
| Co-operatives | |||||||
| Tax Endorsements | |||||||
| Community Housing | |||||||
| Affordable Housing |
