1. General
Blossom Lawyers is a boutique commercial law firm with a focus on specific legal issues. Holly Edmondson is the firm’s founder & principal. The firm is located in Surfers Paradise, which is a short distance from the Southport Law Courts and other central business district facilities.
Areas serviced by Blossom Lawyers and its principal, Holly Mylne
Surfers Paradise is a coastal suburb of the Gold Coast. Blossom Lawyers services clients nationally and locally, including Surfers Paradise’s surrounding suburbs of Southport, Parkwood, Labrador, Main Beach, Molendinar, Main Beach, Ashmore, Bundall, Surfers Paradise.
What we do:
a) Commercial Litigation
We represent clients in litigated claims, acting for plaintiffs and defendants on a wide range of commercial matters involving breach of contract, negligence and breaches of the Australian Consumer Law.
b) Dispute Resolution
We work through our client’s desired outcomes and priorities and develop tailored resolution strategies to implement. We assist in settlement negotiations with the other side or opposing solicitor and represent clients at alternate dispute resolution processes such as mediation.
c) Employment Law
We draft employment contracts and advise employers on employment law processes such as disciplinary processes, stand downs, redundancies and employee entitlements, to best protect the employer’s position against employment claims.
We also represent employers in claims issued against them such as:
- Unfair dismissal claims;
- General protections claims;
- Discrimination claims or complaints;
- Anti-bullying matters;
- Breach of contract claims; and
- Unpaid wages claims.
d) Education Law
We represent university students in issues or claims that take place in the education setting, such as bullying complaints, discrimination claims and complaints and negotiating reasonable adjustments, and in reviews, appeals, claims and complaints against universities involving matters such as:
- Adverse academic decisions affecting course progression;
- Suspensions;
- Exclusions;
- Procedural unfairness; and
- Contract and consumer matters.
e) Insurance & Liabilities
Insurance
We assist with interpreting and advising on coverage under insurance policies. We also assist clients with drafting submissions and obtaining evidence to support a request for the review of an insurer’s decision, including where an insurer has issued a full or partial declinature of indemnity for a claim under an insurance policy.
Liabilities
We assist in the defence of public liability and professional indemnity claims against individuals and businesses. There are occasions where individuals and businesses are uninsured for these claims and require representation to defend or minimise and resolve a claim against them. We assist throughout the duration of pre litigated and litigated claims, including considering the claim and drafting responses or a defence and other required documents, considering and obtaining evidence, and providing advice on liability, quantum and resolution strategies. We represent clients at alternative resolution processes such as mediations, and at court hearings, briefing counsel where required.
2. Southport Courts
The Southport Courthouse is the major courthouse on the Gold Coast. It has courtrooms for the District Court of Queensland. The courthouse is in the Southport legal district on the Corner Davenport and Hinze Street. The Magistrates Court of Queensland also sits at this courthouse. The courthouse has five district courts, nine Magistrates Courts, a central registry, and accommodates 13 magistrates, six judges, and a watchhouse.
Southport Courthouse & directions
See:
SUPREME AND DISTRICT COURTS SOUTHPORT LAW LIST
https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__external/CourtsLawList/Southport.htm
MAGISTRATES COURT SOUTHPORT LAW LIST
https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__external/CourtsLawList/SouthportCourt.pdf
Business Hours of the registry: 8:45am to 4:30pm – Monday to Wednesday and Friday and 8:45am to 4:00pm – Thursday.
Telephone: (07) 5583 5900
Email: courthouse.Southport@justice.qld.gov.au
3. Barristers in Southport
These include:
- Inns of Court Gold Coast Level 1- 52 Davenport Street Southport Q 4215 (diagonally opposite the Southport Court Complex). There is ample on street parking available, or where a longer period of parking is required, all day parking is available in the Gold Coast City Council Car Park opposite the Court Complex.
- Tower 1 Chambers Southport Central T1, 1805/56 Scarborough Street, Southport QLD 4215
4. Brisbane Clients and Courts
The courts in Brisbane are only an hour or so away from Southport. We regularly service clients in and around Brisbane, including matters that are before the Brisbane courts.
Brisbane Courts include:
- Supreme Court
- District Court
- Magistrates Court
- Queensland Civil & Administrative Tribunal
- Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court
- Family Court of Australia
5. Contact
Should businesses or university students need help with or advice on their legal matters they should contact Holly Mylne, the Principal of Blossom Lawyers by completing our contact us form.
