CLEON Legal & Mediation Services

CLEON Legal & Mediation Services At CLEON Legal and Mediation Services, we help put the pieces back together after a family breakdown

At CLEON Legal and Mediation Services, we help put the pieces back together after a family breakdown, and help you achieve your dream family life after family separation, divorce, and domestic violence.

A cautionary warning about AI 🤖 in our legal system. As a legal profession, we are becoming increasingly concerned with...
14/04/2026

A cautionary warning about AI 🤖 in our legal system.

As a legal profession, we are becoming increasingly concerned with the use of AI by clients and other parties to provide legal 'advice', to draft emails and legal documents, etc.

Here is a brief snapshot about the dangers of AI in the legal system.

1. AI robots do not hold law degrees, practising certificates, or insurance - you are simply not protected if the AI robot gets it wrong (when it comes to legal matters, the starting point should be that an AI robot will not provide you with accurate advice);

2. An AI robot cannot replace the critical thinking of a human being (a lawyer);

3. AI robots can apply the wrong law (or even completely apply and refer to made up law (this has happened many times!);

4. AI robots will never be across all the facts of your matter; lawyers are specifically trained to ask the necessary questions and to obtain the salient facts from clients, before delivering tailored advice. The AI robot will base its 'advice' on the facts you share (which can skew any information or 'advice' you receive from the AI robot);

5. Your relationship with your lawyer is confidential and subject to professional legal privilege - an AI robot does not have the same ethical obligations to you.

If you use AI in any way in your legal matter, please disclose it to your lawyer.

Clients will often say AI assisted with drafting their instructions, etc, "to make it easier to read for my lawyer".

Each time I have ever received AI generated instructions, it has unfortunately not made my job easier. In fact, it has made the instructions convoluted, unclear, and more confusing (which invariably results in an increase in legal costs).

Please trust yourself and draft your instructions in your own words - we want to hear and read your authentic voice. If I am helping a client in a domestic violence matter for example, I want to know exactly how my client felt and their exact experience (not a suppression of their voice and experiences through a robot).

I want to hear your human voice. Your experience as a human matters.

Keeping humanity in the legal system has never been so important.

Hi,I’m Chrissy, the Principal Lawyer and Mediator of CLEON Legal and Mediation Services. Our Firm turned 10 years old on...
13/04/2026

Hi,

I’m Chrissy, the Principal Lawyer and Mediator of CLEON Legal and Mediation Services.

Our Firm turned 10 years old on Saturday. 🎈 🎈 🎈

We are a small family business - at all times your matter will be handled by me. We service clients all around Australia, but in particular, NSW and QLD.

For the past ten years, we have helped thousands of clients with their family law and domestic violence matters. Each client’s journey is so different, especially when it comes to children’s matters (each child and their needs are so different!)

It can be so daunting to reach out to a lawyer, especially relating to such private matters (your children, property, and relationship!) I completely empathise at how painstakingly difficult that would be. 🤗

If you have been wondering what the process is to talk with us, firstly you can call up (or email, or text, or put an online web enquiry through - whatever works for you) and you will speak with our lovely and friendly Practice Manager, Simon.

If you are interested in proceeding, we can then book you in for an Initial Consultation (which runs for an hour, unless you opt in for a longer Initial Consultation). We provide you with the option to have a summary email after your appointment, also.

During an Initial Consultation, I create a really comfortable and non judgmental space to understand what your ‘human problems’ are, first. It is once I understand what the ‘human problems’ are, that I can then match those problems to legal issues and legal solutions.

Whether your family law or domestic violence matter is about conflict, violence, children, communication issues, or a property dispute (etc), what underlies all these matters and problems are humans who want to be heard, supported, and cared about. Each client has a story to tell and I must listen compassionately and closely to understand the complexity of the issues and problems (and to come up with the best solutions).

This type of ‘lawyering’ really allows me to better support clients and understand the facts of their case, and to properly and carefully capture their experiences (for example, this is so necessary and important when I require my clients to describe a pattern of behaviour to establish coercive control).

If you would like to book in a Discovery Call with our Practice Manager, you can do this in a few ways:

1. Call or message 0409 741 025

2. Email Chrissy at [email protected]

3. Visit our website and book a discovery call at www.cleonlegal.com.au

4. Send us a message through our page.

On a wet, dull, and grey Monday, this client feedback brought a smile to my face. 💕 🌟
19/01/2026

On a wet, dull, and grey Monday, this client feedback brought a smile to my face. 💕 🌟

Hello! ❤️ I thought I would say a HUGE hello to our followers, and to new followers.I’m Chrissy, the Principal Lawyer an...
14/01/2026

Hello! ❤️

I thought I would say a HUGE hello to our followers, and to new followers.

I’m Chrissy, the Principal Lawyer and Mediator of CLEON Legal and Mediation Services. I have owned our small, but mighty, law firm since 2016 (in April we are turning 10!) 🎁 Time has flown! Since that time, we have helped thousands of clients all around Australia, I became a Mumma bear, have attended international family law and domestic violence conferences, and won a national legal award (Partner of the Year!) 🎈

Our office re- opened today after I had a much needed break (lawyering and mummying is tiring! 🙊) I’m very much looking forward to school going back. 😂 Lawyering is very much like parenting - so rewarding but challenging! ❤️

I chose to start the new year with this quote “be the change you wish to see in the world”. I try to bring this to my work and life each and every day. It underpins my work as a lawyer and a mother. For me this means to show up and demonstate kindness, compassion, hard work, integrity, and generosity of heart & spirit.

I am now based in Sydney, as I chose to move back ‘home’ to be closer to my lovely family, however, we still run our Townsville and North Queensland practice (for the past 2 years it has been ‘business as usual’). I work flexibly and remotely which allows me to meet the diverse needs of clients.

Wherever you are in Australia, I can help you with your family law matter (with a lot of heart, a big smile, serious hard work, dedication, and carefully considered legal strategy and legal or mediation work).

Chrissy ❤️

02/10/2025

Good Morning☀️

We are kindly advising that we have had tech issues with our website and email hosting the last few days - this has resulted in our office intermittently not receiving emails (particularly overnight). Our IT team is working hard to fix this issue.

If you have sent us an email, and received an “undeliverable” response, can you please let us know by text message 0409 741 025, and when the issue is fixed, we will let you know so you can re -send your email.

Thank you. ☺️

I’m so happy to announce that we have opened our second office in Balmain, Sydney. We offer remote services, and before ...
03/07/2024

I’m so happy to announce that we have opened our second office in Balmain, Sydney.

We offer remote services, and before and after business hour appointments, and even weekend appointments.

I will continue to service North Queensland (it is business as usual with our Townsville and QLD clients).

I’m glad to be back on home turf in Sydney, and becoming part of the inner West community. We will not charge any travel fees to fly between our Sydney and Townsville offices.

24/05/2024

Announcement: Our website is currently down and we are doing our best to get it up and running as soon as possible.

For all new enquires, please feel free to email me directly: [email protected]

Thank you.

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