Queensland
Retaining Wall
Lawyers
We are a law firm dedicated to providing advice in relation to retaining walls in Queensland.
We accept retainers from agents, builders, homeowners and other law firms seeking advice on retaining wall issues.
I'm an agent looking to understand by obligations in a retaining wall matter or dispute.
Recent Cases
-advised an agent on whether they ought to make enquiries in relation to a retaining wall on the property prior to advertising
-advised an agent on whether the existence of a retaining wall dispute (which the sellers and their neighbours had been exchanging legal letters over, but had not taken to QCAT or a Court) was a material fact that they needed to disclose to prospective purchasers
-advised an agent on whether they were negligent by disclosing a retaining wall had been the subject of a building and pest inspection report indicating the wall needed repairs, where the sellers had given the agent a direction not to disclose that fact to a particular prospective purchaser
-advised an agent, who was aware that a retaining wall on a property was in need of repair, whether they had an obligation to disclose that fact to prospective purchasers of the property
-advised an agent, who was accused of misleading & deceptive conduct, equitable estoppel, negligence and breach of contract, after they did certain things in relation to a retaining wall
-advised an agent who had failed, contrary to a seller’s verbal instruction, to make prospective purchasers aware of an issue with a retaining wall on one of the properties
In order to provide you with the best service, we abide the following maxims:
We will listen carefully to understand what you want to achieve.
The advice we provide will be as short, simple and useable as it can safely be. We will communicate in plain English; we won’t speak to you in “Legalese”.
For advice and documents, we can almost always provide a fixed or capped cost so you don’t take price risk. We can do this because our long experience in this niche field enables us to accurately predict the time we’re likely to spend on those tasks.
We're not in this for our egos. We're in it for a front row seat to witness your success.
All of the options available to you in any given situation will be fully explained. You will always understand the full consequences of the decisions you are thinking of making.
Where the task you’re asking us to complete involves variables that impact the time we’re likely to spend working with you (such as court proceedings), we'll map out the process and give you a range of costs so you know what to expect and aren’t writing a blank cheque.
Our lawyers work as a team.
We only do what we're good at. You can be confident that we know what we're doing. Unlike other firms, we won't pass on the cost of our learning via inflated ‘research’ charges.
We are committed to your education and will pass on as much knowledge as we can, so you can make your own informed decisions. We want to make you truly independent.
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