NT law firms by area of law
The categories listed below, are the ONLY categories the Society has lists for and cannot provide custom lists or details outside of these areas.
Please note: The Law Society Northern Territory does not offer legal advice.
DARWIN
- Accident compensation and personal injuries
- Administrative law
- Adoption
- Aviation and aircraft
- Banking and finance
- Building and construction
- Business and commercial
- Civil and political rights
- Civil litigation
- Constitutional law
- Consumer and credit law
- Contract law
- Conveyancing
- Coronials
- Copyright
- Crimes victims assistance
- Criminal law
- Debt collection
- Dispute resolution
- Domestic and family violence
- Elder abuse
- Environment
- Equity and trust
- Family and relationships
- Government
- Industrial and employment law
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International law
- Leases and real property
- Liquor licensing
- Maritime law
- Media and communications
- Medical negligence
- Migration
- Mining
- Motor vehicle accident compensation
- Native Title and land claims
- Privacy
- Professional negligence
- Public liability
- Sport law
- Taxation and revenue
- TORT (damages and defamation)
- Veterans entitlements
- Wills and estates
- Work health
KATHERINE
- Accident compensation and personal injuries
- Aviation and aircraft
- Child support
- Civil litigation
- Commercial law
- Consumer and credit law
- Contract law
- Conveyancing
- Crime victims assistance
- Criminal law
- Dispute resolution
- Family law
- Franchising
- Leases and tenancies
- Medical negligence
- Mental health
- Motor vehicle accident compensation
- Police (coroners)
- Real property
- TORT (damages and defamation)
- Wills and estates
- Work health
ALICE SPRINGS
- Accident compensation and personal injuries
- Administrative law
- Adoption
- Aircraft aviation
- Banking and finance
- Bankruptcy and insolvency
- Building and construction
- Business and commercial law
- Civil and political rights
- Civil litigation
- Constitutional law
- Consumer credit law
- Contract law
- Conveyancing
- Copyright law
- Crimes victims assitance
- Criminal law
- Dispute resolution
- Environment
- Equity and trust
- Family and relationships
- Industrial and employment law
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International
- Leases and tenancies
- Liquor licensing
- Maritime law
- Media and communications
- Medical negligence
- Mining
- Motor vehicle accident compensation
- Native Title and land claims
- Privacy
- Professional negligence
- Public liability
- Sports law
- Taxation and revenue
- TORT (damages and defamation)
- Wills probate and administration
- Work health
Public Notaries
A Public Notary can witness documents for use overseas.
The Law Society Northern Territory does not maintain a list in this area.
Please visit the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory's website to view a list of Public Notaries:
https://supremecourt.nt.gov.au/about/northern-territory-public-notaries
Justice of the Peace and Commissioner for Oaths
A Justice of the Peace and Commissioner for Oaths are volunteers who help the public with administrative legal matters.
The Law Society Northern Territory does not maintain lists in these areas.
Please visit the Northern Territory Government's website to find out more about Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Oaths.
Legal resources
+ Law Council of Australia
- Crowdfunding - Guidance for Australian Legal Practitions
- Cyber Precedent - Strengthening the legal profession's defence against online threats
- Time for Change - Addressing Sexual Harassment
+ Courts
- Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
- Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Practice Directions
- Northern Territory Local Court Federal
- Federal Court of Australia: Contact the Darwin Registry
- Family Court of Australia: Contact the Darwin Registry
- High Court of Australia:
- Court lists
- Current cases
- Case summaries
+ Caselaw
- Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Decisions
- Northern Territory Local Court Decisions
- Northern Territory caselaw and other legal resources on AustLII
- Northern Territory Government - courts, daily lists and decisions
- Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Decisions
+ Commonwealth
- Commonwealth caselaw and other resources on AustLII
- Federal Court of Australia Decisions on AustLII
- Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia Decisions on AustLII
- Family law decisions of the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia on AustLII
- Family Court of Australia Decisions and on AustLII
- Full Court of the Family Court of Australia Decisions on AustLII
- High Court of Australia Decisions on AustLII
+ Statute law
- Northern Territory legislation
- Northern Territory legislation and other resources on AustLII
- Federal Register of Legislation
- Commonwealth Consolidated Acts on AustLII
- Commonwealth resources on AustLII
Current NT legal practitioners
Please note: The Law Society Northern Territory does not offer legal advice.
The Society maintains records of all current Northern Territory legal practitioners i.e. lawyers with a Northern Territory Practising Certificate.
The Practising Certificate year runs from 1 July to 30 June.
The lists below are current as at 17 April 2024.
If you have concerns about a person practising without a current Practising Certificate, please contact the Society by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by telephone on (08) 8981 5104.
Please note that pursuant to the Legal Profession Act 2006 (NT) it may be permissible for a legal practitioner holding an interstate Practising Certificate to practise in the Northern Territory. Please contact the Society for further information.
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Other legal links
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Please note, this list is not comprehensive.
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+ Barrister chambers
+ Community legal centres
+ Complaints
NT COURTS (JUDICIAL OFFICERS) / ORDINARY MEMBERS OF NTCAT
EMPLOYMENT
GOODS AND SERVICES
FINANCIAL
TELEPHONES AND INTERNET
DISABILITY, HEALTH AND AGED CARE
+ Government, courts and tribunals
- Anti-Discrimination Commission
- Australian Government Solicitor
- Department of the Attorney-General and Justice
- Health and Community Services Complaints Commission
- Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NTCAT)
- Northern Territory Government
- Northern Territory Local Court
- Ombudsman NT
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
+ Legal aid organisations
+ Pro Bono
- Employment and workplace issues
- Tenancy, housing and eviction issues
- Credit, debt and bankruptcy issues
- Financial abuse matters
- Fines and infringements
- Human rights matters
- Climate change law matters
- Public interest law matters
- Family law
- Criminal law
- Immigration
- Property
- Centrelink matters
- NDIS
- Workers compensation
+ Other legal assistance services
+ Law Council constituent bodies
+ NT law firms
- Bowen Lawyers
- Bowden McCormack Lawyers + Advisers
- Bradley Solicitors
- Clayton Utz
- Collier Lawyers
- Coonan and Coonan Legal
- Cozens Johansen Lawyers
- Darwin Family Law
- Darwin NT Lawyers
- Davison Legal
- De Silva Hebron
- DS Family Law
- Finlaysons
- Gabrielle Martin Barrister and Solicitor
- Gardiner and Associates
- Greg Betts Legal
- Halfpennys
- Hall Payne Lawyers
- Hubber Legal
- Hunt and Hunt Lawyers
- Hutton McCarthy
- HWL Ebsworth
- Jacobs Krajsek Wauchope
- Jude Lawyers
- Maleys Barristers and Solicitors
- Matthews Legal
- Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
- Minter Ellison Lawyers Darwin
- Navid Sedaghati
- Northern Legal Services
- NT Law
- Pipers Ellis Lawyers
- Povey Stirk Lawyers and Notaries
- Powell and Co Legal
- Robert Welfare and Associates
- Roussos Legal Advisory
- Squire Patton Boggs
- Story and Associates
- Tindall Gask Bentley Lawyers
- Tsoukalis Lawyers
- Vivid Advice
- Ward Keller
- Withnalls Lawyers