Evans Brandon Family Lawyers

02/04/2026

Best wishes to all for a Happy and Safe Easter

27/02/2026

Phone outage

Please note that there is a data centre issue in Sydney, which has affected phone services to multiple businesses including our own. May we kindly ask that any issues contacting us be overcome by an email for now and we will do our best to encourage engineers to re-establish connection soonest?

Many thanks for your patience and understanding.

16/12/2025

Very soon we will close for the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Opening hours are set out below. We wish you and your families and circles of friends happy and safe holidays and a healthy and prosperous new year. Like many small businesses, whilst we conduct our work, we are not immune to what is going on in the community and around the World.

Collectively, we hope to see a reduction in youth and violent crimes, housebreaking, car thefts and car jacking, a stamping out of domestic violence (starting with education and shift of attitudes) and for those that have a religion, to practice it without an iota of intrusion on others whether by terrorism or otherwise.

Finally, this week, whilst each of us have been touched by the Bondi terrorist attack and the news cycle, we should also remember the Lindt Cafe siege (on which Bondi almost aligned with timing to the anniversary) victims, and lawyer Olga Edwards whose anniversary of death is also proximate.

04/12/2025

Just want to congratulate the Evans Brandon Trivia Team who placed second at the GCDLA Xmas Trivia Night last night.

Several questions will haunt us all till next year, not the least the decision to go with head not heart on the Dreamtime story about a frog (correct) and not a goanna, and also the John Williamson song "True Blue" which the one staff member old enough to know it has been singing it wrong ever since hearing it but knew it was "Vegemite".

Thanks to the GCDLA for putting on the event.

24/11/2025

🏆 We're very proud to share some wonderful news!

We are honoured to be recognised by Doyle’s Guide 2026 as a First Tier Leading Family & Divorce Law Firm, Gold Coast, and across multiple other categories:

✨ First Tier - Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms, Gold Coast
✨ Preeminent - Leading Family & Divorce Lawyers, Gold Coast
✨ Recommended Leading Family & Divorce Lawyers, Gold Coast
✨ Leading - Family Lawyers (High-Value & Complex Property Matters), Regional Queensland
✨ Preeminent & Recommended - Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyers, Regional Queensland
✨ Rising Stars - Family Law, Regional Queensland

It's a milestone that reflects our unwavering commitment to delivering the highest standard of family law with integrity, empathy, and excellence.

To our dedicated team, thank you for your compassion, expertise, and dedication. 🙏

Congratulations to us and to all the lawyers and firms featured in the 2026 Doyle’s Guide!

19/09/2025

Sharing the Queensland Law Society's social media post which shines the light on His Honour Justice Baumann's career on the bench of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) and previously on the bench of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and Federal Magistrates Court of Australia.

https://www.qlsproctor.com.au/2025/09/retiring-judge-lauded-for-work-ethic/?utm_source=Dynamics%20365%20Customer%20Insights%20-%20Journeys&utm_medium=email&utm_term=N%2FA&utm_campaign=This%20Week%20in%20Proctor%20-%2019%20September%202025&utm_content=This%20Week%20in%20Proctor%2019%20September%202025 =a53743a3-1f85-44ef-a1a4-d04364570100

His Honour commenced legal practice as a sole practitioner solicitor in Currumbin in 1979.

Our office has had many cases listed before His Honour over the years and in none of those, would any party (our client or the other party) have left the Court without being appreciative of the time, thoughts and energies His Honour devoted to those cases.

Hopefully he enjoys a new phase of healthy and happy retirement years filled with family, travel, non-legal pursuits and lots of hobbies and pastimes shelved in favour of law!

Retiring judge Michael Baumann AM was saluted at a ceremony in Brisbane on Friday.

12/08/2025

On Saturday night, eight of our team went along to the Qld Law Society Gala Awards Night at City Hall, where Evans Brandon Family Lawyers was a finalist in the pro bono team of the year category.

We were accompanied by our nominee, Brett Thompson, who is the CEO of the Homicide Victims' Support Group and his partner, Emma Thompson, who is the CEO of Ronald McDonald House (a true not-for-profit power couple).

Whilst we remained just finalists, and were beaten to the award by McCullough Robertson (congrats to their pro bono team on the gong), our team got a fair bit of inspo from the various speeches from the category winners.

Every finalist was asked to prepare to be in a position to say a few short words. Mine included, "Our pro bono work is quiet, undertaken as much as possible in the dead of night or early morning or weekends, so as we still make bank in our very small firm. When it emerges into the light of day, it's usually in a critical incident list case in the family law jurisdiction. Those cases are statistically usually linked to the death by murder of a young child's Mother - their primary carer."

Our pro bono work involves receiving clients in major crisis, major grief and responding to a legal issue they never thought they would face.

I mean who would think one day a daughter, sister or mother might be murdered and they are suddenly gone leaving behind infant children?

My short speech intended to turn the spotlight onto our nominees for the award, the Qld Homicide Victims' Support Group, who leap into action when a homicide happens (all too often). They have a small but mighty paid labour force and some amazing volunteers (many of whom have suffered the grief of the loss of a close family member to a homicide and are helping others notwithstanding their own loss).

They are amazing people - who help make things easier for people who are impacted by major unexpected grief.

What they will continue to need is professional pro bono people willing to roll up their sleeves. If you can offer support of any kind, please consider putting your name forward to them (https://qhvsg.org.au/).

Pictured are part of the Evans Brandon Family Lawyers team, with Brett and Emma Thompson, representing Qld Homicide Victims Support Group, our nominees for pro bono law firm of the year.

16/07/2025

🏆 Honoured to be a Finalist for the Queensland Law Society

We're thrilled to announce that Evans Brandon Family Lawyers has been selected as a FINALIST for the QLS Excellence in Law Awards in the Pro Bono Team of the Year category!

This recognition means the world to us and reflects our commitment to providing accessible legal support to those who need it most.

The competition was fierce this year, with outstanding submissions across all 12 award categories showcasing the incredible talent within Queensland's legal community.

We are honoured to have been chosen from such an exceptional field of Queensland's most accomplished practitioners. 🙏

09/07/2025

13/05/2025

The contributions these nominees make is immense!

Congrats from the team at Evans Brandon Family Lawyers.

We recognise and sincerely thank the families who sponsor these awards each year. The winners of these prestigious awards will be presented at the QHVSG Annual Night Of Recognition.  

10/05/2025

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mums, Grans, Step-Mum’s and Mother figures guiding, raising, influencing and loving their nearest and dearest.