Thank you for contacting us. We will be pleased to act for you in this matter. We enclose some material which sets out:

a Information for clients which lawyers are required by the Rules of Conduct and Client Care for Lawyers to provide; and

b Our standard terms of engagement.

Services to be provided

The following is a summary of the legal services we provide:

Commercial legal services:

Commercial, property, tax, business, wills, trusts

Litigation services:

Criminal, civil, traffic, general court services.

Fees

Please contact us for details of our fees. Fanselows has three levels of fees:

• Partner/Consultant; 
• Law Clerk;
• Non-qualified staff

Conveyancing costs

Purchases: We estimate that for a standard purchase of a freehold title, with one mortgage as the only security, that you can expect a fee of approximately $750 plus GST plus disbursements.
Generally the disbursements will be the search fees and registration costs and for a purchase will be approximately $80 including GST.

Sales: For a standard sale of a freehold property with a signle mortgage as the only security being discharged, you can expect a fee of approximately $550 plus GST plus disbursements (approximately
$40).

Refinance: If you are refinancing from a major trading bank to another major trading bank with a discharge of one mortgage and providing new security of one mortgage, without any other changes, then you can expect a fee of approximately $450 plus GST plus disbursements (about $83).

The above are simply estimates based on standard presumptions, ie that the contract has been signed, is for a fee simple title with one mortgage, ownership is individual or joint  between natural persons.  The costs will be different if the property is not a fee simple property, the purchasing structure is different, or the security is for more than a single mortgage, or if any other documents are required, such as a power of attorney, guarantee etc.

Responsibility for Services

The names and status of the people in our firm who will have the general carriage of or overall responsibility for the services we provide for you are:

Commercial/Property matters:
Jonathan Pereira (Partner)

Criminal/Litigation matters:
Robert Stevens (Partner)

Limitations on our Obligations or Liability

Our liability is limited to the maximum sum of our Professional Indemnity cover which is detailed in our Information for Clients memorandum, also attached.

If you do not advise us in writing (including email) that you disagree with our terms, then we will proceed with your instructions on the assumption that you accept our terms and conditions.