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Phillips Family Law

Family Law can be complicated and nuanced.

It makes sense to have people on your team whose sole focus and expertise is Family Law.

Under the stewardship of Tony Phillips, one of Queensland's most experienced, skilled and highly respected Family Law Specialists, we have helped thousands of people successfully navigate what you are facing now.

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Phillips Family Law
Award Winning Queensland Family Law Firm – First Tier in peer reviewed Doyle’s Guide to the Legal Profession.
Phillips Family Law
Leading Australian Family Law Firm 2015 - 2018, Doyle’s Guide.
Phillips Family Law
Leading Australian Family Lawyer 2015 – 2017 in Doyle’s Guide.
Tony Phillips
Leading High-Value/Complex Property and Commercial Matters Family Lawyer in Queensland in 2018, Doyle’s Guide.
Tony Phillips
Managing Director
Tony Phillips
Preeminent Queensland Family Lawyer in 2014 – 2018 in Doyle’s Guide.
Tony Phillips
Managing Director
Tony Phillips
Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms Brisbane, 2017
Tony Phillips
Managing Director
Fiona Caulley
Leading Queensland Parenting and Children’s Matters Family Lawyer 2018, Doyle’s Guide.
Fiona Caulley
Director
Fiona Caulley
Leading Family Lawyer in Queensland 2018, Doyle’s Guide.
Fiona Caulley
Director
Sarah Bastian-Jordan
Leading Family Lawyer 2016 - 2018, Doyle’s Guide.
Sarah Bastian-Jordan
Consultant

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Tony Phillips

Tony Phillips

Managing Director,

Accredited Family Law Specialist

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Fiona Caulley

Fiona Caulley

Director,

Accredited Family Law Specialist

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Sarah Bastian-Jordan

Sarah Bastian-Jordan

Consultant

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Rebecca O’Brien

Rebecca O’Brien

Associate

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Phillip Ridgway

Phillip Ridgway

Associate

Accredited Family Law Specialist

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Stephanie Wilkinson

Stephanie Wilkinson

Associate

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Olivia Phillips

Olivia Phillips

Lawyer

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Charlotte Paterson

Charlotte Paterson

Lawyer

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Emma Gillespie

Emma Gillespie

Junior Lawyer

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Testimonials
I will never forget the help you gave me in navigating the most difficult time of my journey on the planet. Your care, professionalism and at times toughness, were the backbone of an unsavoury event, that you could astutely see a resolution to, far easier than I could at that time.
I appreciate Tony’s measured, level-headed and calm approach. He is a realist who ensures clients are cared for at every step of the process.
I am more than confident to refer clients to Tony. Everyone calms down when they meet with him and he offers good, common sense commercial and property settlement advice.
Thank you very much for your perseverance and patience, and most of all for your professionalism in dealing with such a difficult matter.  I think it could have easily descended into aggressive, non-productive communications if you had not maintained such a professional and measured manner.
A friend referred me to Tony after I had struggled with two other family lawyers who really did not deal with our case as I had hoped. Tony grasped all the sensitivities and also took care of the complex details when it came to our settlement.
I am continually amazed at the quality of work which you produce and how clever you are at communicating and articulating a position. You are both very good at what you do and I can’t believe you have other matters as well as mine which you have to be equally across – it is pretty amazing
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Industry & Phillips Family Law News Articles

19 AprGeneral News

What do separation and divorce really mean?

Often when we meet clients for the first time it becomes apparent there is a general misunderstanding about what the terms “separation” and “divorce” really mean. There is also common misconception in the initial stages following their separation about the implications of separation and divorce ...
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19 MarGeneral News

Do you get back what you brought into a short relationship?

What credit should be given to someone who has brought assets into a short relationship is a question we are often asked by people going through a separation after a relatively short relationship. One of the fundamental steps in determining a property settlement is to assess the contributions of both ...
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19 JanGeneral News

Phillips Family Law recognized in Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession in 2018

We are incredibly proud to announce that Phillips Family Law has again been ranked as a first tier Family Law firm by the Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal profession in the category of Leading Family and Divorce Law Firms in Brisbane for 2018. The firm has also been recognised as a having Leading ...
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19 SepGeneral News

Will your inheritance be included in the property settlement?

As family lawyers, a question we are commonly asked is how an inheritance will be treated in a property settlement. The approach depends on whether the inheritance has been received and if it has been received, the timing of it, relative to the separation. In the recent case of Calvin & McTier [2017]...
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19 JulGeneral News

Court refuses to exercise discretion to make orders for Wife to sign confidentiality agreement

A concern which is often raised with us by people we assist who operate businesses or people with significant wealth, is that their confidential business information or information about their financial circumstances may be disclosed during family law proceedings. An option available to address this ...
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19 AprGeneral News

Resilience – what it is and how it can benefit the modern lawyer and their clients

Our Director, Fiona Caulley was invited by the Queensland Law Society to speak to her colleagues at the QLS Symposium held at the Brisbane Convention Centre on 18 March 2017. The conference was attended by 450 lawyers from various areas of practice and was themed “Framing the Future of Law”. Fiona ...
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19 FebGeneral News

Do “Pre-Nups” need to be fair?

While Australia has taken a large leap in marriage equality, recently legalising same-sex marriage, marriage being a union entered into for life is often given less attention. In what some may consider to be a reflection on society’s perception of the permanence of marriage, it is not uncommon for ...
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19 OctGeneral News

Wanting to relocate with your children? Some Food for Thought.

When a parent wants to relocate to a place which is far enough away to impact on the time that the other parent spends with a child challenges often arise. It is often difficult because of the need to strike a balance between the freedom of one parent to move and the right of the […]
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19 JunGeneral News

Relationship assets and the future tax payable – “Crystal Ball gazing”?

As family lawyers we often work with accountants and financial planners to find tax effective options for our client to structure their property settlements. We work closely with accountants to identify tax issues and quantify the tax which may be payable, so that liability or anticipated liability, may ...
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19 JunGeneral News

How to look after yourself during separation and divorce.

As family lawyers we understand that the end of a relationship is an emotional and traumatic time for all concerned. Whilst the people we assist cope with the stages of grief in very different ways we see first-hand that mourning the loss of a relationship is one of the most difficult experiences people ...
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17 AprGeneral News

Who gets to keep Fido in the property settlement?

As family lawyers it is not uncommon that we are asked about how disputes about the family pets can be resolved. This is often an emotive issue following a separation where emotions are raw. In a recent decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, the age-old questions of whether man’s best ...
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