(Director, Solicitor) LLB
Professional legal qualifications:
- Bachelor of Laws
- Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland
- Solicitor of the High Court of Australia
- Queensland Law Society Accredited Family Law Specialist
Experience:
Since being admitted as a Solicitor in Queensland nearly 40 years ago, Stephen has practised law continuously and expertly, consistently achieving the excellent outcomes for his clients. He does so through his strong legal and negotiation skills and, if necessary, his proficiency as a litigator in the Queensland and Federal courts.
Since forming his former partnership with Stephen Jones in 1988, Stephen has directed Jones Leach Lawyers with devotion and vitality. Throughout his nearly four decades of experience, Stephen has cultivated a loyal clientele across Queensland, who return to him again and again for his expertise, diligence, advocacy, honesty, and acute understanding of their legal needs.
Clients engage Stephen in many legal fields, including:
- Family & De Facto relationship law (including separation and divorce, property settlement, spousal maintenance, child support, and disputes involving third parties – e.g. acting for the parents of one spouse to whom money has been loaned.
- Estate planning (including wills, testamentary trusts, and enduring powers of attorney).
- Estate administration – representing the Executors to help them efficiently and lawfully administer the estate.
- Estate litigation (including disputes about the testamentary capacity of the Willmaker, family provision claims, and disputes surrounding the estate administration).
- Commercial and Industrial property transactions (for Sellers or Buyers).
- Commercial and Industrial property leasing (for landlords or for tenants).
- Business sales & acquisitions, including the premises leasing aspects of those transactions.
- Residential conveyancing.
In Stephen’s more-than-capable hands, you will feel respected, secure, and satisfied. Please book in for a consultation.