OUR SERVICES
Family Law
The upheaval of a relationship breakdown can be devastating. The feelings of distress one suffers following a separation are often compounded by the prospect of litigation when you are at your most vulnerable. Our commitment is to guide and support you in the resolution of the issues you are facing by drawing on our expert knowledge honed over the many years of our acting for hundreds of family law clients.
We can help you with:
- Married, de facto and same sex relationships.
- Applications for Divorce.
- Property settlement.
- Custody and parenting disputes.
- Binding Financial Agreements.
- Consent Orders.
- Spousal Maintenance.
- Child Support.
- Domestic and family violence.
Personal Injury and Compensation Law
Dealing with the emotional, physical and financial impacts of an injury can be extremely challenging.
Our expertise in handling your injury and compensation claim from beginning to end is evidenced by the high level of referrals from past clients and other legal practitioners.
We offer a “no obligation” assessment of your claim as well as second opinions in matters where you may have already retained legal representation.
We can help you with:
- Workplace accidents and workers’ compensation.
- Motor vehicle accident claims.
- Public liability claims.
- Institutional abuse claims and redress schemes.
- Sexual abuse claims.
- Criminal compensation.
- Cyclist accident and property claims.
- Medical negligence claims.
- Workplace bullying claims.
- Product liability claims.
- Claims related to latent onset diseases and injuries (asbestos related diseases, dust diseases, silicosis).
Wills, Estates & Powers of Attorney
Our wills and estates lawyers are conversant with the legal, financial and emotional challenges which can arise in estate planning and administration, and have the expertise to help you plan for the future and ensure that your estate is distributed according to your wishes.
We can also advise you in relation to your rights in disputing a Will or bringing a claim for family provision.
We can help you with:
- Drafting Wills (including Wills creating Testamentary Trusts).
- General and Enduring Powers of Attorney.
- Advance Health Directives.
- Deceased estate administration and trust administration.
- Applications for various grants (including grants of Probate).
- Intestacy.
- Estate litigation (including family provision applications and challenging the validity of Wills).
Aged Care and Retirement Law
The transition to retirement accommodation or a nursing home can be fraught with complexities which many people find difficult to cope with at an emotional time. We are able to provide you with advice and support in considering legal issues that may arise including advising on retirement village contracts and agreements and negotiating with aged care facilities.
We can help you with:
- Purchasing and selling manufactured homes under the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 (Qld).
- Purchasing and selling properties within retirement villages under the Retirement Villages Act 1999 (Qld).
- Advising on agreements for nursing homes and high care support agreements under the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth).
- Reverse mortgage advice.
Residential and Commercial Conveyancing
Our conveyancing services cover a wide range of property transactions including purchases and sales of residential, commercial, retail and industrial properties, leasing and property development.
We will guide you through the entire conveyancing process, including conducting property searches, drafting and reviewing contracts, coordinating with lenders and other parties and settling the transaction. We will keep you informed throughout the transaction and ensure it is completed in a timely and efficient manner.
We can help you with:
- Pre-signing contract review and advice.
- Preparation of contracts for the purchase and sale of houses, units and land as well as commercial, retail and industrial properties.
- Due diligence.
- Property settlements and negotiations.
- Option agreements.
- Off-the-plan sales and purchases.
- Auction enquiries.
- Loan and guarantee documentation advice.
- Body corporate and community management advice, including scheme and documentation compliance.
Commercial and Business Law
We can assist with a variety of commercial law matters in relation to businesses of all sizes and across a wide range of industries. Our services include the provision of assistance in contract negotiations, business purchases and sales, disputes arising from commercial transactions and shareholder disputes as well as advice in relation to commercial and retail leasing.
We can help you with:
- Business purchases and sales, restructures and reorganisations.
- Company and shareholder arrangements.
- Directors’ and officers’ duties and liabilities.
- Drafting and advice on a wide range of commercial contracts and agreements.
- Franchises.
- Loan and security documentation.
- Mortgage loans and guarantee advice.
- Commercial and retail leasing.
- Letters of demand and debt recovery.
General Litigation
While the prospect of being involved in a legal dispute can be daunting, there are times when it may be unavoidable.
We offer experience and practical, business-focused advice to assist in the resolution of your problem.
Steven Pike has a broad experience as a Queensland Solicitor across private and public law in a career encompassing partnership from September 2001 to the present. His experience includes trials, hearings and appeals before the High Court of Australia, Queensland Court of Appeal, Supreme, District and Magistrates Court and Federal Courts.
- Extensive and broad experience.
- Coronial and statutory inquiries.
Steven Pike has more than 25 years of legal experience in metropolitan and regional centres (first admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1998). Steven practices from inner North Brisbane.
We can help with:
- Breach of contract.
- Negligence claims.
- Torts and civil matters (personal and public).
- Business disputes.
- Breach of trust.
- Debt recovery.
- Building and construction disputes.
- Estate litigation.
Criminal Law
Being contacted by the police or charged with a criminal offence is stressful and confronting. It is in your best interests to seek advice from an experienced criminal lawyer at an early stage with respect to your prospects of defending any charge.
We can help you with:
- Advice in relation to initial police investigations.
- Assault offences.
- Drug offences.
- Sexual offences.
- Fraud and dishonesty charges.
- Motor vehicle offences.
- Drink driving.
- Breach of domestic violence orders.
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