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Rob Hollis

Solicitor | Associate Director

Since emigrating from the United Kingdom in 2006, Rob has become a valuable member of the Greenhalgh Pickard team. Rob’s friendly and proactive approach ensures that his clients receive timely, uncomplicated advice, without the unnecessary stress that is often associated with the highly emotive and sensitive area of family law.

Rob’s expertise as an experienced family law practitioner enables him to advise on a broad range of family and de-facto matters including property settlements, child custody orders, separation, divorce, consent orders and binding financial agreements. Rob understands his clients’ needs and works together with them to receive the best possible outcome.

Through extended experience in practice (since 1999), Mr Hollis has gained the necessary grounding in company and trust structures and their associated potential tax issues. He also has immediate access to detailed tax advice from the fully qualified accountants at the firm.

Rob believes that effective negotiation and realistic advice from the outset are the keys to achieving satisfying results for his clients. Rob also ensures that his clients receive timely, accurate and cost-effective legal advice throughout their case.

In addition to his family law expertise, Rob also works closely within the firm’s Wills and Estate’s department combining his knowledge from a family law perspective with necessary future strategic planning so that his clients’ needs both now and in the future are fully addressed and protected.

Rob urges you to click his “Client Testimonial Book” link found on the right hand side of this page.
He believes these say far more than anything else. 

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Laws (University of Sheffield UK) 1994
  • Legal Practice Diploma (University of Sheffield UK) 1998
  • Legal Diploma (Queensland University of Technology) 2007

Admission

  • England and Wales 1999
  • Queensland 2008
  • High Court of Australia 2008

Memberships and Volunteer Associations

  • Queensland Law Society
  • Family Law Practitioners’ Association of Queensland
  • Queensland Association of Collaborative Practitioners
  • Honorary Solicitor Queensland Road Trauma Services
  • Honorary Solicitor The Country Women’s Association – Caloundra Beach
  • Sunshine Coast Super Oldies Soccer Association
  • Suncoast Legal Services – Volunteer Solicitor

 

 

I have sort the services of Greenhalgh Pickard Solicitors and Rob Hollis to attend to my recent separation and to seek an amicable agreement between the two parties involved. I would like to pass on my sincere appreciation on how Rob handled my separation and divorce proceedings under what Rob would confirm were at times ‘challenging’! Rob was fantastic at communicating process involved to both of us in order to reach an agreed outcome. Rob’s tactful approach, telephone manner and legal advice are commendable. Once again I thank Greenhalgh Pickard Solicitors for the service and successful outcome.

Rob is a wealth of knowledge and gives clear understandable advice. Straight to the point and we’ll worth the peace of mind.

A massive big thank you to Rob Hollis and the team at Greenhalgh Pickhard, amazing service in recently handling all my personal affairs, Rob you were truely amazing from start to finish, I have used Greenhalgh Pickhard for over 15 years to handle all my affairs, they have never disappointed me.

 

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Phone

(07) 5444 1022

Email

rob@gpla.com.au

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