For Hobart solicitors and small practices, from a Macquarie Street office near the courts to a suburban firm in Kingston, Bellerive or Glenorchy: a page for each kind of matter you take on, profiles that match what you've told the Law Society of Tasmania, and an enquiry form built for people with a worrying legal problem.
Someone in southern Tasmania who needs a solicitor tends to search for the problem first and the place second: “MAIB claim lawyer”, “family violence order Hobart”, “wills Kingston”. Tasmania runs its own legal profession rules, its own motor accident scheme and its own courts, so a site written for a mainland firm and lightly edited won't answer the questions these readers bring.
Family law, wills and estates, criminal defence, conveyancing, employment, motor accident claims: each area you practise gets a page of its own, written by you and laid out by us. A reader in Sorell looking for help with a deceased estate then lands on the estate page, not on a long list of everything the firm does.
The Law Society of Tasmania keeps a register of firms that people can search by name, locality or area of practice, compiled from an annual call asking firms what they practise in. If your site uses the same areas and the same localities you gave the Society, a client who looks you up there and then visits your site sees one consistent picture.
Most criminal matters and smaller civil claims are heard in the Magistrates Court, jury trials and larger civil claims go to the Supreme Court at Salamanca Place, and family law runs through the Commonwealth Law Courts building on Davey Street. A practice page that names the building a client will actually attend saves a nervous phone call the day before.
Type of matter, suburb or town, a number that's safe to call, the best time to ring, and any hearing date already set. Detailed history can wait until you've spoken. For family violence work we add a quick-exit button that takes the visitor straight to a neutral site, with a note that it doesn't erase their browsing history.
Say whether the first call or meeting is charged, how long it runs and what it covers, in the words you choose, and give starting fees for fixed-price work such as a simple will if you publish them. People in the Huon Valley or on the East Coast also want to know whether they can see you by phone or video instead of driving in.
If you already take appointments through Calendly or your practice software, we link it from every page. If you want clients to book and pay for a fixed-fee first appointment on the site itself, we build that system and quote it once we know how your diary works.
Who regulates a Tasmanian practice. Tasmania isn't part of the Legal Profession Uniform Law shared by NSW, Victoria and WA. Solicitors here practise under the Legal Profession Act 2007, and the Law Society of Tasmania grants practising certificates, which carry statutory conditions plus any conditions the Society's Council imposes. Complaints are handled separately, by the Legal Profession Board of Tasmania, which the Tasmanian Law Handbook describes as a statutorily independent body and the only one in the state that deals with complaints against legal practitioners. Making a complaint costs nothing, and the Board can resolve one by mediation, by intervention or through a hearing before the Disciplinary Tribunal or the Supreme Court. If your site has a page on how you handle concerns, it can point people to the Board by name.
Advertising is rule 42 here, not rule 36. The Legal Profession (Solicitors' Conduct) Rules 2020, made by the Society's Council and in effect since 1 October 2020, follow the national model, but the numbering differs: the advertising provision is rule 42, while rule 36 in the Tasmanian rules deals with something else. Rule 42(1) says any advertising, marketing or promotion of a solicitor or practice must not be false, misleading or deceptive or likely to be, offensive, or prohibited by law. Rule 42(2) says a solicitor must not give a false impression of specialist expertise, and may use the words “accredited specialist”, or post-nominals derived from them, only if accredited by the relevant professional association. A website is promotion, so this covers every page, profiles included. We lay out the words you approve and place any accreditation on the profile of the solicitor who holds it, naming the body that granted it; questions about wording belong with the Law Society, not with us. Our Sydney lawyers page goes further into how the national version of the rule is applied.
Hobart's courts. The Magistrates Court handles most criminal matters in Tasmania and civil claims up to its money limit. The Supreme Court's principal registry is at Salamanca Place, with district registries in Launceston and Burnie; it hears jury trials, civil claims above its money limit and appeals from the Magistrates Court, and three-judge appeals are heard only in Hobart. Family law goes to the Hobart registry of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, in the Edward Braddon Commonwealth Law Courts Building at 39–41 Davey Street. Rather than copy opening hours or phone numbers into your site, where they can drift out of date, we link each practice page to the court's own contact page.
Matters that work differently in Tasmania. Road injury claims run through the Motor Accidents Insurance Board under the Motor Accidents (Liabilities and Compensation) Act 1973: accepted claims receive no-fault benefits whoever caused the crash, and someone hurt through another motorist's negligence can also claim common law damages. Legal Aid's guide gives three years from the crash to sue, and three months to notify the MAIB in writing where the other driver is unknown or can't be traced. Family violence protection comes in two forms: a Police Family Violence Order, made and served by Tasmania Police and usually lasting a year, and a Family Violence Order made by a court for as long as it considers necessary. If you act in these areas, a page for each, written by you and linking to the official source, shows a reader you know the island's system rather than a mainland one.
Southern Tasmania, and working with us. Many Hobart clients describe where they live by council or town rather than by the city: Bellerive, Howrah and Lindisfarne are in Clarence, Kingston is in Kingborough, and others come in from Glenorchy, Bridgewater, Sorell or Huonville. Hobart Community Legal Service, which publishes the Tasmanian Law Handbook, has offices in Macquarie Street and at Bridgewater for people who can't pay for a private lawyer. We're an Adelaide team at Ste 3/110 Hutt St and work with Hobart firms by phone and email. Adelaide is half an hour behind Hobart all year, since both states move their clocks on the same dates. We haven't built a site for a Tasmanian business yet: our current clients are in SA, NSW, VIC and QLD, and the closest to legal work is Resolve Forward, a Sydney family dispute resolution practice.
Neither client is a Tasmanian business or a law firm. What transfers is the shape: fixed-price first steps with a careful intake for people in conflict, and a professional's credentials sitting next to an easy way to arrange a private first conversation.
A Sydney family dispute resolution practice. Six service pages each cover one way of settling a dispute, packages carry prices and lead to online booking, and a five-step intake gathers background before the first session. A Hobart family or estates practice could offer a fixed-fee first appointment the same way.
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A Melbourne specialist anaesthetist who coaches doctors in confidence. Her qualifications sit on a dedicated about page and a discovery call can be booked from every page, much as a solicitor's profile can lead straight to a first phone call.
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A sole practitioner: the matters you handle, your admission and practising details, how you charge, which courts you appear in and a short enquiry form, together on one page.
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A home page, a page for your main area (family law or MAIB claims, for example) and an about page with solicitor profiles, any accreditation and how a first conversation works.
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Separate pages for family law, family violence orders, wills and estates, conveyancing, motor accident claims and criminal matters, plus profiles and a contact page with court links.
The substance is close to the national model, but the reference is different. Tasmania's Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2020 put the advertising rule at rule 42: nothing false, misleading, deceptive or offensive, and “accredited specialist” only for solicitors accredited by the relevant professional association. We arrange the words you approve; the Law Society of Tasmania is the place to check a particular claim.
If it's work you want, a page of its own helps, because people search for the MAIB by name. You'd explain in your words how the no-fault benefits and a common law claim fit together, and link to the MAIB and Legal Aid for the current rules and time limits. We lay it out and keep the links current.
The ones your clients will attend for each kind of matter: the Magistrates Court for most criminal and smaller civil matters, the Supreme Court at Salamanca Place, and the Commonwealth Law Courts Building at 39–41 Davey Street for family law. We name the court on the relevant practice page and link to the court's own page for hours and contact numbers.
List the places you actually draw clients from, and say where you see them: your office, phone or video, or any regular visits to a regional town. People often search with “Kingston” or “Bellerive” rather than “Hobart”, so an accurate short list does more than a long one copied from a map.
We can keep the form short, ask for a safe number and time to call, and add a quick-exit button on those pages. We say on the page that the button doesn't clear browsing history. What you say about safety and support services is your wording, and we link to the services you name.
Entirely by phone and email. You send your practice area text, solicitor details and photos, we build a draft and send you a link, and you ask for as many changes as you like before paying anything. Adelaide is half an hour behind Hobart all year. We reply within 24 hours.
Let us know which matters you take on, which courts you appear in and where your clients come from. We'll reply with a quote, then build a draft, and nothing is payable until you approve it.
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