


Stonegate Legal – Litigation Lawyers
- Debt Recovery & Enforcement
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Construction Disputes
- Insolvency
Debt Recovery & Litigation Lawyers in Queensland
We have Offices in Brisbane & the Sunshine Coast
We approach your dispute with – strategic thinking | commercial solutions | positive outcomes
Our honest process is designed to get you the best commercially sensible resolution
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What do Stonegate Legal do?
Breach of Contract – If you are the breaching party or the non-breaching party, Stonegate Legal can offer advice and assistance with all contract dispute matters. Construction Disputes – Stonegate Legal can assist in resolving all building and construction disputes, payment claims, subcontractors’ charges, and adjudications. Debtor/Creditor Disputes – We have a focus on resolving debt disputes, debt recovery and the enforcement of judgments, QCAT decisions and money orders. Australian Consumer Law Disputes – ACL disputes including misleading and deceptive conduct, unconscionable conduct, and breaches of statutory warranties. Employee / Employer Disputes – Advice and assistance with wage theft (which is now a crime in Qld), unfair dismissal, bullying & harassment, and recovering unpaid entitlements. Defamation – Advice and assistance in relation to legal action over publications which contain defamatory imputations and any defences to a defamation action. Intellectual Property Disputes – Stonegate Legal provide advice and assistance in relation to resolving all copyright, trademark and domain name disputes. Partnership Disputes – Advising and assisting with partnership disputes and helping to reach a good resolution, or protect the client upon exit of the partnership. Insolvency – Drafting and/or defending statutory demands, bankruptcy notices, winding up applications and creditor’s petitions in the Federal or Supreme Courts. Lease Disputes – Advising and assisting on commercial lease disputes, residential tenancy disputes, retail shop lease disputes, breaches and unpaid rent recovery. Credit Contracts – We draft credit contracts and applications. Clauses designed to protect creditors in the event of a default and/or event of insolvency. Wills & Estates Litigation – We offer advice and assistance in relation to wills and estates litigation, and claiming against an estate making a family provision applications.
We help people resolve disputes. We help people with litigation. We help people just like you.
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We help people resolve disputes. We help people with litigation. We help people just like you.
About Stonegate Legal
At Stonegate Legal our lawyers assist, advise, and help people, businesses and companies with all civil & commercial litigation, debt disputes, and insolvency matters throughout Queensland.
- Commercial Litigation – we help people, businesses, companies, and partnerships who are involved in commercial disputes, we act for both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial Court proceedings.
- Civil Litigation – we act for people involved in all civil litigation matters, including property damage, defamation; negligence; insurance disputes; estate litigation, nuisance & trespass, and administrative reviews / appeals.
- Debt Disputes – we help people who are involved in a debt dispute. We act for creditor plaintiffs seeking to recover a debt, and we act for debtor defendants seeking to dispute an alleged debt owed by them.
- Insolvency – we help people and companies facing insolvency against bankruptcy trustees and liquidators. We also act for insolvency practitioners against people and companies facing insolvency.
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Stonegate Legal – Litigation Lawyers Queensland
1300 545 133
8:30 am to 5.00 pm – Monday to Friday