Emma Essex

Emma Essex

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Emma's Practice Areas

Family Law

Proper planning can help you save money and reduce liabilities. 

Family Law

Wills & Will Disputes

Proper planning can help you save money and reduce liabilities. 

Wills & Will Disputes

Conveyancing & Property

Proper planning can help you save money and reduce liabilities. 

Conveyancing & Property

Business & Commercial Law

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Business & Commercial Law

Employment & WHS

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Employment & WHS

Civil Litigation

Proper planning can help you save money and reduce liabilities. 

Civil Litigation

Consumer & Competition Law

Proper planning can help you save money and reduce liabilities. 

Consumer & Competition Law

Admissions & Qualifications 

2019 Justice of the Peace NSW
2019 Recognition of Academic Excellence Southern Cross University
2020 Recognition of Academic Excellence Southern Cross University
2020 The Law Society of New South Wales Prize for Professional Conduct
2020 The Ross Reid Prize for Conveyancing
2021 Bachelor of Laws Southern Cross University
2021 Diploma of Legal Practice NSW College of Law
2022 NSW Supreme Court Admission
2023 High Court of Australia Admission
2023 Clarence Valley and Coffs Harbour Regional Law Society Young Lawyer Representative

Biography

Emma practices across a range of areas of law including family property and parenting, estates including will disputes, property and conveyancing, consumer & commercial litigation, and criminal law. She has a particular focus and depth of experience in family property and parenting disputes. Prior to being admitted as a solicitor, Emma worked in legal practices for 5 years where she developed a well-rounded working knowledge of the law.

Recent Work

  • Representing clients in family law property and parenting disputes.
  • Assisting a client to locate and gain access their child in order to re-establish a relationship which had been fractured by the other parent’s conduct.
  • Advising and assisting a client prior to marriage to protect their assets in the event of separation. 
  • Assisting clients with their estate planning needs.
  • Assisting a client with the recovery of funds in a commercial transaction.

Background

Emma commenced her career working in legal practices as a legal secretary and then as a law clerk while studying her Bachelor of Laws and subsequent Diploma of Legal Practice. She worked on matters across a range of practice areas including conveyancing both in NSW & QLD, wills and estates, criminal law and civil litigation. During this period Emma worked in a law firm with both a regional NSW office and an inner-city Brisbane office, where she gained experience in a broad range of legal matters across both state jurisdictions.

Emma is from a farming family and grew up in regional NSW. She is passionate about providing access to quality legal services to those needing those services most.

When working as a newly admitted lawyer in a regional area, Emma predominantly assisted families in family law matters including difficult parenting disputes. She assisted parents in the Care and Protection jurisdiction as well as clients who have experienced domestic and family violence. Emma takes a holistic approach to family law matters and works with her clients to attain child-focused parenting solutions.

Emma has also frequently assisted clients with their conveyancing and estate planning needs, and has appeared in numerous civil litigation and criminal matters.
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