Devenish Law Pty Ltd

Devenish Law Pty Ltd is a boutique commercial law firm located in Cairns, Far North Queensland, offering pragmatic legal advice and dispute resolution services tailored to a diverse clientele including business owners, property owners, management rights holders, body corporates, indigenous organisations, will makers, and executors. Although based in Cairns, our reach extends to clients across Australia. We pride ourselves on transcending traditional legal advice by understanding people and applying a real-world approach to delivering cost-effective and timely legal solutions. At Devenish Law, we are progressive and innovative, constantly seeking new ground to break. Our relationships with clients are genuine and meaningful, grounded in a commitment to using simplified, plain English and avoiding unnecessary complications. We focus on outcomes, ensuring that our clients receive solutions to their problems with the least amount of fuss. We encapsulate our philosophy with two words: Positive. People. Our legal services cover disputes and commercial litigation, including debt recovery, contractual disputes, leasing issues, building disputes, body corporate enforcement, alternative dispute resolution, and cases across the Supreme, District, and Magistrates Courts as well as QCAT. In property law, we handle commercial, industrial, and residential transactions, leasing, strata titles, subdivisions, and matters related to the Retail Shop Leases Act. Our business services encompass the purchase and sale of businesses, commercial contracts, business structures, corporate governance, finance agreements, insolvency-related concerns, employment matters, and franchising. We also specialise in management rights transactions, including caretaker agreements and letting agent authorisations. In the realm of wills and estates, we prepare wills, testamentary trusts, special needs trusts, life estates, powers of attorney, and advance health directives, while offering comprehensive estate administration and executor assistance. Additionally, we provide tailored services for indigenous organisations, focusing on CATSI corporations, Indigenous Land Use Agreements, governance, rule books, and interactions with government agencies.