Legal expertise without the usual rubbish

What we mean by it

TWC Lawyers was built around an outlook on how clients should be treated, rather than around a set of practice areas that happen to sit well together.

In practice that means three things:

• skilled lawyers who return your calls;
• real advice, in plain English, including the parts you would rather not hear; and
• fixed fees in most cases.

No bill shock

Everybody says the same thing about legal fees. Getting an invoice far higher than you expected is miserable, and it is common.

We agree with that assessment. Fees in criminal and commercial matters can escalate quickly under an hourly billing model, and that is no good for you and not much good for us either.

So in most cases we work on a fixed fee. Criminal, traffic, conveyancing, commercial and franchising matters are quoted in writing before the work starts, so you know what the invoice will say before you commit.

How we can price that way

Three reasons.

First, we know our areas. Being across the same charges and the same documents week after week means we can gauge quickly how complicated a matter is likely to be, which makes us comfortable carrying the risk of the estimate ourselves rather than passing it to you.

Second, our systems are built to get work done thoroughly and promptly. Under a fixed fee there is no reward for taking longer, which removes an incentive that hourly billing quietly creates.

Third, we would rather spend our time on your legal problem than on revising fee estimates and explaining time entries.

You can see our published ranges on the fixed fees page before you speak to us. Note that some work is not suited to a fixed fee, and where that is the case we say so at the outset and explain what will drive the cost.

Start with a conversation

The first appointment is free, whether by phone, video or in person at Southport or Brisbane. You will leave it knowing what you are facing, what the process looks like and what it would cost.

Get in touch when you are ready.