Wills & Estates · Illawarra & Wollongong
10 estate planning & testamentary trusts firms in Illawarra & Wollongong, New South Wales, including Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama.
10 firms
Wollongong, NSW · Illawarra & Wollongong
Gamble Law & Estate Planning provides legal services in Wollongong, NSW. Listed practice areas include Wills & Estates, Property & Conveyancing and Planning & Environment.
For families with significant assets, blended families or business interests, an estate plan goes beyond a simple will. Testamentary trusts can offer tax benefits and asset protection for beneficiaries. Planning also covers super, insurance, family trusts and company control.
Good estate planning protects beneficiaries, reduces tax and keeps family businesses and farms running through a transition.
Testamentary trusts can allow income to be distributed to minors at adult tax rates under Australian tax law. Planning also covers family trusts, company control and binding super nominations, which pass outside the will.
Understand the next step
Explain what you want the plan to achieve, including family needs and business interests. A more complex structure should be justified by its purpose and ongoing administration, not chosen merely because it is available.
Clarify whether tax and financial advice are included or must be obtained separately before implementing the plan.
A search across Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama can help you compare local and broader Illawarra options. For a building, property or employment dispute, prepare a short chronology so the firm can identify the right team.
For estate planning & testamentary trusts, ask which parts of the work the firm handles itself and whether it has relevant NSW experience. Let the lawyer know if a property, employer, other party or existing proceeding is outside Illawarra & Wollongong. Your home address alone does not determine the applicable process.
List family members, property, debts, companies, trusts and superannuation. Identify where original documents are held and which assets are jointly owned.
Ask what each document or application would achieve. Confirm which state rules and asset-ownership arrangements need to be considered.
Agree on signing, storage and future reviews, or on the executor’s responsibilities for records and distributions. Identify changes that should prompt further advice.
Compare a simple-will quote with more involved planning or estate administration. Ask about searches, applications, valuations and coordination with an accountant.
Ask for a written scope identifying the work you are authorising, the person responsible and when costs will be reviewed. If you only want advice on one step, say so before the firm begins wider work.
Provide the date of death and any estate correspondence promptly. Ask about relevant deadlines before distributing assets, signing a release or assuming a dispute can wait.
In New South Wales, most criminal and minor civil matters start in the Local Court, with more serious matters in the District Court and Supreme Court. Tenancy, strata, consumer and guardianship disputes usually go to NCAT. Solicitors are licensed by the Law Society of New South Wales, and complaints about lawyers go to the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner.
Good to know
A trust created by your will that takes effect on your death. It can protect beneficiaries and offer tax advantages for distributions to children.
Most matters start in the Local Court. More serious cases go to the District Court or the Supreme Court of NSW. Family law matters are heard by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
Practising certificates in New South Wales are managed by the Law Society of New South Wales. You can check a solicitor's status on its public register or by contacting it directly.
Wollongong, NSW · Illawarra & Wollongong
Acorn Lawyers provides legal services in Wollongong, NSW. Listed practice areas include Wills & Estates, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Property & Conveyancing.
Wollongong, NSW · Illawarra & Wollongong
Mitchell Family Lawyers provides legal services in Wollongong, NSW. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Parenting & Child Custody and Divorce & Separation.
Wollongong, NSW · Illawarra & Wollongong
Quirk Lawyers & Conveyancer provides legal services in Wollongong, NSW. Listed practice areas include Drink & Drug Driving, Wills & Estates and Family Law.
Wollongong, NSW · Illawarra & Wollongong
Culleton Lawyers provides legal services in Wollongong, NSW. Listed practice areas include Wills & Estates, Commercial Litigation and Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
Wollongong, NSW · Illawarra & Wollongong
Rossi Simicic Lawyers provides legal services in Wollongong, NSW. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Wills & Estates and De Facto Relationships.
Wollongong, NSW · Illawarra & Wollongong
Horsley Tim provides legal services in Wollongong, NSW. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Wills & Estates and Family Law.
NSW · Illawarra & Wollongong
L D Lawyers provides legal services in NSW. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Wills & Estates and Estate Planning & Testamentary Trusts.
Wollongong, NSW · Illawarra & Wollongong
Lancaster Graham provides legal services in Wollongong, NSW. Listed practice areas include Mediation & Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Insolvency & Restructuring.
Helensburgh, NSW · Illawarra & Wollongong
Transitus Legal provides legal services in Helensburgh, NSW. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Business & Commercial Law and Property & Conveyancing.
Directory guidance updated 19 September 2026. General information to help you prepare for a conversation with a professional; not advice about your individual matter. Check current requirements with the relevant authority.