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Queensland Law Society provides a dynamic hub for Queensland’s legal community and seeks to engage actively with its members and the public to provide leadership, practical solutions and reliable support.
We represent and promote more than 9,000 legal professionals, increase community understanding of the law, help protect the rights of individuals and advise the community about the many benefits solicitors can provide.
Queensland Law Society assists legal practitioners to continually improve their services, while monitoring their practices to ensure they meet the high standards set for the profession in Queensland. And we assist the public by advising government on improvements to laws affecting Queenslanders and working to improve their access to the law.
We hold specific statutory responsibilities, including the issuing of practising certificates, maintaining solicitors’ records, regulating the operation of solicitors’ trust accounts and protecting the public.
Queensland Law Society is incorporated under the Legal Profession Act 2007, and is governed by a council elected by our members. Source
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Search ArticlesMurphySchmidt announces Associate promotion
MurphySchmidt Solicitors has announced the promotion of Isabella Victorsen to Associate. Ms Victorsen began with the Brisbane firm in 2023 as a file cadet and was admitted as a solicitor in 2024. The firm said the promotion was well earned, and it looked forward to her ongoing professional contributions to the firm and its clients. Proctor helps firms and their teams celebrate promotions and appointments. Please email details of any lawyer promotions or appointments to proctor@qls.com.au.
Townsville firm rewards work with promotion
Purcell Taylor Lawyers has announced the promotion of Stephanie Hardman to Senior Associate. Ms Hardman, who has been at the firm for three years, provides a wealth of experience in commercial, wills, and estate matters. She grew up in Manchester, England, and completed her Bachelor of Laws with Honours at Staffordshire University before immigrating to Townsville in 2009.
QUT officially opens refurbished Moot Court
QUT celebrated the official reopening of the Faculty of Business and Law’s refurbished Moot Court on Tuesday, as a curtain-raiser to the law school’s 50th anniversary next year. Legal professionals, judiciary, alumni, students and university leaders gathered at QUT’s Gardens Point campus, where the faculty’s Executive Dean, Professor Sharon Christensen, described the event as a “full-circle moment”, reflecting on her own experiences as a QUT law student and alumna.
No-PC principal ‘abandoned his practice’
A former Cairns principal who practised without authority, then abandoned his practice, is to be struck off the roll. In a Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision delivered on Tuesday, Justice Paul Freeburn, after considering five charges by the Legal Services Commissioner (LSC), made an order recommending the practitioner be removed from the local roll.
Why Madison Kurtz came home to Biloela, and wants more young practitioners to do the same
On a winter morning in the small country town of Biloela in Central Queensland, the local solicitor’s office is unusually quiet. A will signing is scheduled, a handful of client calls awaits, and in the corner sits five-month-old Kiara, contentedly accompanying her mother to work. For Madison Kurtz, this is not an interruption to professional life. It is professional life, one built deliberately in the town where she was born and raised.
Spotlight on funding medicinal cannabis in compensation insurance
While medicinal cannabis is now lawful in all Australian jurisdictions, its prescription and use are subject to a tightly regulated framework. Authorised medical practitioners must comply with defined approval pathways in order to access medicinal cannabis; though there are some questionable practices. The current body of evidence regarding the efficacy and use of medicinal cannabis remains constrained, with further studies continuing to inform its clinical application.
Warm introduction to pro bono at Fireside Chat
Practitioners have the chance to stay warm and learn about pro bono work later this month when the Far North Queensland Law Association offers a Fireside Chat. Nareeta Davis, Senior Associate and Pro Bono Lawyer from Ashurst Perkins Coie, will speak about the world of pro bono legal practice at the lunch event at Piccolo Cucina on Wednesday, 29 July.
Indigenous lawyer Candice Hughes driven to advocate for vulnerable children
Long before she became a lawyer, Candice Hughes believed she could change the system from within. Inspired by her aunt, Maxine Renouf, the first Aboriginal woman sworn into the Queensland Police Force in 1976, she joined the police at just 20 years old, driven by a desire to make a difference.
Penelope Nicholls promoted to Partner as Hamilton Locke expands partnership
Hamilton Locke is launching into the new financial year with five Partner appointments – including one Partner promotion in Brisbane. New lateral partners include the appointment of the first Head of Tax and two further tax partners, a partner in the real estate team, and the newly promoted Partner in Hamilton Locke Private. Penelope Nicholls has been appointed as Hamilton Locke Private Partner.
Puppy yoga and debating on agenda at elder abuse conference
Puppy yoga and a judicial officer debate will be among the highlights of the Australian Elder Abuse Conference on the Gold Coast later this month. To start the second day of the three-day conference, attendees can enjoy canine company at a 6.30am stretch session in the gardens of the host venue, RACV Royal Pines Resort at Benowa.