Lawyers in Kenmore, Brisbane
Kenmore is where we are based. It is also the reason a good deal of our work comes from Brisbane’s western suburbs — Chapel Hill, Kenmore Hills, Pullenvale, Brookfield and Bellbowrie.
Terra Australis Legal is based at Kenmore in Brisbane’s western suburbs, at PO Box 386, Kenmore QLD 4069. We act in criminal, family, domestic violence, employment, commercial and litigation matters. Kenmore sits within the Brisbane local government area, so criminal and protection order matters are ordinarily heard in the Brisbane Magistrates Court, and family law matters in the Brisbane registry of the Federal Circuit and Family Court.
Why our base is in the western suburbs
Kenmore sits about eleven kilometres west of the Brisbane CBD, in the belt of suburbs between the river and the Mount Coot-tha range. It is residential, established, and largely made up of families and long-term owner-occupiers. The legal problems that come to us from this area reflect that: separations involving a family home and superannuation, employment disputes for people working in the CBD, protection order matters, traffic and drink driving charges, and neighbourhood disputes about trees, fences and retaining walls.
Being based here rather than in a tower in the city has a practical consequence we think matters. The person who takes your call is a solicitor at the firm, not an intake officer, and the same person generally stays on your matter. For most people that is worth more than a city address.
How we actually work, and what we are not
Terra Australis Legal is based at Kenmore, with a postal address of PO Box 386, Kenmore QLD 4069. Our postal address is PO Box 386, Kenmore QLD 4069. A great deal of our work — taking instructions, reviewing documents, advising on options — is done by phone, email and video, which is faster for most people than travelling to an office and costs less.
Where a matter needs a face-to-face meeting, call 1300 165 767 and we will confirm how and where. Where it needs someone in court, we appear.
We are admitted in the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia and act for clients across Queensland and, in Commonwealth matters such as family law and employment, Australia-wide.
Which court your matter is likely to be in
Kenmore is within the Brisbane local government area, which determines where most matters are heard.
The matters we see most often from this area
Two categories dominate. The first is separation, where the assets are a house with a mortgage, two superannuation balances and a car or two, and where the practical question is whether the home can be retained by one party on a refinance. The 2025 property reforms matter here, because they changed how the court approaches that assessment — see our property settlement page.
The second is employment. A significant proportion of working residents commute to the CBD, and unfair dismissal and general protections claims carry a strict twenty-one day time limit from the date the dismissal took effect. That deadline is the single most common reason a good claim cannot be run, and it is why we would rather hear from you the week it happens than the month after.