Childers Magistrates Court is one of those places you go and you feel like you’re working in a different era. In the late 1800’s, Childers was thriving and was becoming known as a very effective Sugar Cane growing region…
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Good customer service is important to us. Our clients (and people who seek out legal assistance generally) often go through periods of great stress and anxiety prior to resolution. This can be at an all time high when…
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Due to the recent volume of foot traffic to our office foyer and our already heavy workload, our office now operates via appointment only. We are still here every day, working long hours, helping our clients with the various legal conflicts they may encounter…
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In business, there are those tasks that cannot be done during work hours due to other pressing client demands. In our office foyer, there is a display of vintage dictation/transcription machines previously used by lawyers or other professionals in days gone by…
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Fear, anger, upset, hopelessness and fatigue. These are all feelings possibly experienced by those who find themselves in the midst of legal conflict in family law, criminal law, traffic law, domestic violence or other legal matters…
Our Lawyers office at 134 Wharf Street, Maryborough has a long history dating back about 155 years. Set in the top end of the Maryborough Portside Precinct, the land was originally purchased by Henry Palmer in 1852. Construction was believed to be completed by 23 September 1869…
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As an owner of small business, you stay until the job is done. Demand often increases around Christmas time where everyone knows there will be no production of work over the holiday period. I’ve always prided myself on doing the very best I can. Going the extra mile sometimes means staying back…
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Many of you have probably heard of the old Farmer’s adage that life is simpler when you just plough around the stump. In family law conflicts, all too often I see other parties letting themselves become embroiled in aspects of the dispute which are often counter-productive in reaching resolution. If people are not very careful during a family law dispute…
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It’s getting to that time where I probably should let everyone know of our Christmas closure dates. Our office will close at 12 noon on 18 December 2023 and will re-open on 22 January 2024 at 9:00am. We have decided to take a slightly longer break this year taking into account client and court commitments at the end of 2023 and at the start of 2024…
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Recently, the Australian Bureau of Statistics have released the most recent statics on divorce in Australia. Interestingly, the facts for 2022 are that 49,241 divorces were granted in 2022, compared to 56,244 in 2021.
For 2022, the average duration of marriage for which divorce was granted was 12.8 years…
After I finish the larger family law, criminal law or divorce cases, I often ring the client and seek out their feedback on things they thought I did well, and things they thought I could improve on. Client satisfaction is important to me and clients often have time to properly reflect after their problem is resolved…
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Many of the great lawyers I have encountered are very good at knowing what they don’t know. They are extremely good at recognising their strengths but more importantly, their weaknesses in certain practice areas…
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This week, I once again found myself at the Family Court at Brisbane helping clients with a case. On this particular day, the case was stood down to start mid morning. While waiting outside the courtroom, I had a good view across the inside of level 2 of the court building where there were a number of other courts in session and lots of people.
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Nobody knows how good you are, but they do know how quick you are. A great solicitor I previously worked with who retired with 50 years admission under his belt would say this to me a couple of times throughout the year when I was a much younger lawyer…
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