Maroochydore, Caloundra, Noosa and Nambour are grouped within the Sunshine Coast. Clients comparing firms should identify whether the work involves a personal matter, business interest or property held through an entity.
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Minyama, QLD · Sunshine Coast
ROBINSON LAW PTY LTD provides legal services in Minyama, QLD. Listed practice areas include Bail Applications, Domestic Violence & AVOs and Assault & Violent Offences.
Bail Applications+7 moreDomestic Violence & AVOs · Assault & Violent Offences · Drink & Drug Driving · Property & Conveyancing · Drug Offences · Criminal Law · Fraud & White Collar Crime
★★★★★★★★★★4.8(245)Google rating from 245 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Top rated4.8★ or higher from at least 50 Google reviews
Butler McDermott Lawyers Nambour provides legal services in Nambour, QLD. Listed practice areas include Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Property & Conveyancing and Wills & Estates.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution+7 moreProperty & Conveyancing · Wills & Estates · Family Law · Commercial Litigation · Business & Commercial Law · Personal Injury · Criminal Law
★★★★★★★★★★5.0(138)Google rating from 138 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Top rated4.8★ or higher from at least 50 Google reviews
Thompson Southern Law Practice provides legal services in Bli Bli, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Family Law and Wills & Estates.
★★★★★★★★★★4.8(105)Google rating from 105 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Top rated4.8★ or higher from at least 50 Google reviews
Navigate Law provides legal services in Mountain Creek, QLD. Listed practice areas include Business & Commercial Law, Property & Conveyancing and Wills & Estates.
★★★★★★★★★★4.8(89)Google rating from 89 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Top rated4.8★ or higher from at least 50 Google reviews
Argon Law | Commercial Lawyers Sunshine Coast provides legal services in Maroochydore, QLD. Listed practice areas include Business & Commercial Law, Property & Conveyancing and Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
Business & Commercial Law+7 moreProperty & Conveyancing · Litigation & Dispute Resolution · Wills & Estates · Employment Law · Partner & Family Visas · Planning & Environment · Commercial Property & Leasing
★★★★★★★★★★4.9(76)Google rating from 76 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Top rated4.8★ or higher from at least 50 Google reviews
AXIA LITIGATION LAWYERS provides legal services in Maroochydore, QLD. Listed practice areas include Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Building & Construction and Insolvency & Restructuring.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution+7 moreBuilding & Construction · Insolvency & Restructuring · Property & Conveyancing · Personal Bankruptcy · Business & Commercial Law · Professional Negligence · Personal Injury
★★★★★★★★★★4.9(62)Google rating from 62 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Top rated4.8★ or higher from at least 50 Google reviews
Alex Mandry Family Lawyers Sunshine Coast provides legal services in Maroochydore, QLD. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Property & Conveyancing and Divorce & Separation.
★★★★★★★★★★4.8(60)Google rating from 60 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Top rated4.8★ or higher from at least 50 Google reviews
Andrew Douglas Solicitors provides legal services in Maroochydore, QLD. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Divorce & Separation and Parenting & Child Custody.
Family Law+7 moreDivorce & Separation · Parenting & Child Custody · Property & Conveyancing · Binding Financial Agreements · Domestic Violence & AVOs · Building & Construction · Business & Commercial LawFree first consult
★★★★★★★★★★4.0(60)Google rating from 60 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Pippa Colman Family Law provides legal services in Maroochydore, QLD. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Parenting & Child Custody and Divorce & Separation.
★★★★★★★★★★4.9(51)Google rating from 51 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Top rated4.8★ or higher from at least 50 Google reviews
Bradley & Bray Lawyers provides legal services in Nambour, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Wills & Estates.
★★★★★★★★★★5.0(46)Google rating from 46 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Pollock Ingram Solicitors provides legal services in Caloundra, QLD. Listed practice areas include Wills & Estates, Property & Conveyancing and Commercial Property & Leasing.
Wills & Estates+7 moreProperty & Conveyancing · Commercial Property & Leasing · Powers of Attorney & Guardianship · Business & Commercial Law · Elder Law & Aged Care · Planning & Environment · Estate Planning & Testamentary Trusts
★★★★★★★★★★4.5(46)Google rating from 46 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Power & Cartwright Solicitors provides legal services in Gympie, QLD. Listed practice areas include Business & Commercial Law, Wills & Estates and Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
Business & Commercial Law+7 moreWills & Estates · Litigation & Dispute Resolution · Property & Conveyancing · Building & Construction · Planning & Environment · Estate Planning & Testamentary Trusts · Family Law
★★★★★★★★★★4.8(43)Google rating from 43 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
FC Lawyers provides legal services in Maroochydore, QLD. Listed practice areas include Business & Commercial Law, Property & Conveyancing and Wills & Estates.
Business & Commercial Law+7 moreProperty & Conveyancing · Wills & Estates · Immigration & Visas · Litigation & Dispute Resolution · Franchising · Personal Injury · Commercial Property & LeasingFree first consultThe firm advertises a free first consultation.
★★★★★★★★★★4.4(42)Google rating from 42 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Wakerley Legal provides legal services in Maroochydore, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Wills & Estates and Elder Law & Aged Care.
Property & Conveyancing+7 moreWills & Estates · Elder Law & Aged Care · Contested Wills & Family Provision · Litigation & Dispute Resolution · Estate Planning & Testamentary Trusts · Planning & Environment · Powers of Attorney & Guardianship
★★★★★★★★★★4.8(41)Google rating from 41 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Cooroy Legal Centre provides legal services in Noosaville, QLD. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Mediation & Dispute Resolution and Parenting & Child Custody.
Family Law+7 moreMediation & Dispute Resolution · Parenting & Child Custody · Property & Conveyancing · Divorce & Separation · Wills & Estates · De Facto Relationships · Litigation & Dispute ResolutionFree first consultThe firm advertises a free first consultation.
★★★★★★★★★★4.4(38)Google rating from 38 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Catton & Tondelstrand Lawyers provides legal services in Maroochydore, QLD. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Divorce & Separation and De Facto Relationships.
Family Law+6 moreDivorce & Separation · De Facto Relationships · Property & Conveyancing · Family Property Settlement · Parenting & Child Custody · Business & Commercial Law2 languagesLanguages mentioned on the firm’s website: french
★★★★★★★★★★4.2(35)Google rating from 35 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Go To Court Lawyers Woolloongabba provides legal services in Nambour, QLD. Listed practice areas include Drink & Drug Driving, Wills & Estates and Immigration & Visas.
Drink & Drug Driving+7 moreWills & Estates · Immigration & Visas · Family Law · Criminal Law · Traffic Offences · Employment Law · Partner & Family Visas
★★★★★★★★★★5.0(22)Google rating from 22 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Farrawell Family Law provides legal services in Maroochydore, QLD. Listed practice areas include Health & Medical Practitioner Law, Mental Health & Guardianship Tribunal and Partner & Family Visas.
Health & Medical Practitioner Law+3 moreMental Health & Guardianship Tribunal · Partner & Family Visas · Agribusiness & Rural Law
★★★★★★★★★★4.6(21)Google rating from 21 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Neilson Stanton & Parkinson provides legal services in Gympie, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Wills & Estates.
★★★★★★★★★★4.1(20)Google rating from 20 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Cartwrights Lawyers provides legal services in Noosa Heads, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Wills & Estates.
Property & Conveyancing+7 moreLitigation & Dispute Resolution · Wills & Estates · Elder Law & Aged Care · Family Law · Business & Commercial Law · Probate & Estate Administration · Planning & Environment
★★★★★★★★★★4.6(18)Google rating from 18 reviews, retrieved 18 Sept 2026
Candice Bell provides legal services in Noosaville, QLD. Listed practice areas include Wills & Estates, Family Law and Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
Wills & Estates+3 moreFamily Law · Litigation & Dispute Resolution · Partner & Family Visas
A practical local guide
Finding legal help in Sunshine Coast
Understand your options, prepare your first conversation and choose a service that fits your situation.
Start with the issue, then the location
Maroochydore, Caloundra, Noosa and Nambour are grouped within the Sunshine Coast. Clients comparing firms should identify whether the work involves a personal matter, business interest or property held through an entity.
The directory covers Maroochydore, Caloundra, Noosa, Nambour. These are browsing areas, not court boundaries or a guarantee that every listed firm serves every town. Check the firm’s actual address and ask whether it can take on your matter before making arrangements.
Appointments and access to advice
If you are arranging advice while living interstate, discuss remote meetings and document verification. Ask how the firm will communicate important dates and obtain your approval before taking the next step.
For a regional matter, decide which parts of the service need to happen in person. A solicitor may be able to review records and give initial advice remotely, while a signing, conference or hearing needs separate arrangements. Ask who would attend and how travel, local agents or outside specialists would be charged.
Compare the scope, not just the quoted price
Ask what the initial consultation includes: listening to the background, reviewing documents, written advice or taking action. Request an estimate that separates the lawyer’s work from searches, applications, expert reports and other external costs. A free consultation or a fixed fee may cover a limited step rather than the complete matter.
Agree who will handle the file, how you will receive updates and when you must approve additional work. If another practitioner, barrister or adviser may be needed, ask who will arrange that work and how their charges will be explained.
Questions worth asking before you engage a firm
Do you regularly handle this type of matter in QLD, and do you have capacity to assist now?
Which facts or documents do you need before you can give an estimate?
Who will be my main contact, and which meetings or appearances require attendance?
What is included in the fee, what could change it, and when will you tell me?
Is a specialist, community service or different process better suited to this issue?
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.
The legal system in Queensland
Sunshine Coast is a regional area of Queensland. Local firms cover everyday legal needs such as wills, conveyancing, family law and local court matters, while specialist work is often handled by firms in the nearest major centre or the capital, many of whom act for clients remotely. In Queensland, most matters start in the Magistrates Court, with serious criminal and larger civil matters in the District and Supreme Courts. Tenancy, minor civil, building and guardianship disputes go to QCAT. Solicitors hold practising certificates from the Queensland Law Society, and complaints are handled by the Legal Services Commission.
First instance
Magistrates Court
Intermediate
District Court
Superior court
Supreme Court of Queensland
Tribunal
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT)
Family law
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Lawyer regulator
Queensland Law Society
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Which courts hear cases from Sunshine Coast?
Most matters start in the Magistrates Court. More serious cases go to the District Court or the Supreme Court of Queensland. Family law matters are heard by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
How do I check a lawyer is licensed in Queensland?
Practising certificates in Queensland are managed by the Queensland Law Society. You can check a solicitor's status on its public register or by contacting it directly.
Where do tenancy and guardianship disputes go?
In Queensland they are usually heard by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT).
Can I use a lawyer outside my area?
Yes. Many firms act for clients across the state by phone and video, although local knowledge of courts and property markets can help.