Choosing a Mackay Lawyer, Solicitor or Law Firm

Because it is a popular and growing area, there are many new families and people in the Mackay region that need a Mackay lawyer*, solicitor or law firm for the first time. Finding a law firm to complete the conveyancing to help you purchase a home or building, to advise you about starting a business or to prepare important documents like wills or enduring powers-of-attorney, can be a daunting and worrying process.

When you are needing a Mackay lawyer, solicitor or law firm you ought to seek the following characteristics:

Happy Customers
For most people it’s almost impossible to compare the quality of legal services provided by one Mackay solicitor/lawyer or another. Unless you are a regular user of the same sort of legal service you won’t really be able to compare various law firms. Look for a Mackay solicitor who is proud of their past performance and offers a number of testimonials from previous or existing clients. If they offer plenty of testimonials it tells you two things. Firstly, that they have plenty of satisfied clients and secondly, that they take time and trouble to discover what their clients think of their service. They are aware that they are a service-oriented business.

Local knowledge
Any Mackay lawyer or solicitor ought to have good local knowledge and demonstrated experience in helping others in the city. Look for firms that have worked on local developments or firms with established conveyancing specialists who have built up a valuable amount of “inside knowledge” about the property market, local agents and banks that can make all the difference to the way your transaction will be dealt with.

Breadth of services
Because you will only need a lawyer rarely, it is wise to choose a Mackay lawyer, solicitor or law firm which can provide you with the full range of services without you needing to move around to other providers. Finding a firm that can assist with your conveyancing, estate planning, disputes, business services and even workplace or employment issues, means you can stick with one firm which will meet all your legal needs. Law firms value clients that use a range of services, and will often provide those services more cheaply when they have done other work for you in the past.

*In Queensland a person with legal qualifications was traditionally referred to as a solicitor while a person who “had standing” to represent you in court was called a barrister. More recently the general term lawyer has become more widespread and can be used to describe either of these types of legal practitioner. In some other states of Australia the conveyancing process (the legal process required to transfer ownership of house) can be undertaken by licenced conveyancers. This is not the case in Queensland where conveyancing must be undertaken by a solicitor/lawyer.

John Gray is a practising solicitor and marketing consultant who has worked with leading Mackay law firms. If you need a Mackay solicitor or Mackay lawyer contact John Gray for a recommendation.