Greenline Legal is an independent New South Wales law firm in Bella Vista. We act in building and construction disputes, commercial and retail leases, wills and estates, and the sale and purchase of businesses — with conveyancing across New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. If your matter isn't one we handle, we'll say so and point you to someone who does.
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Land & Environment CourtWe act for builders and developers against councils
Both sides of a leaseWe act for landlords and for tenants
One officeBella Vista, in Sydney's north-west
Referrals disclosed in writingWhoever sent you, and whether a fee is involved
Each card opens onto the specific matter. If what you're facing isn't here, tell us anyway — we'd rather refer you on than take a matter outside what we do.
A claim has landed, or the money has stopped
We act for builders, contractors and developers. Defect and payment disputes, security of payment, and Land and Environment Court appeals against a council refusal.
All building matters
You've got a contract you haven't signed
Buying or selling in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. Contract reviewed before you sign, inspections arranged, through to settlement and keys.
All conveyancing matters
There's a lease on your desk
For landlords and for tenants, on commercial and retail premises — but never both parties to the same lease. Drafting, rent review, assignment, make good and default.
All lease matters
Someone has died, or you want things in order before that
Making or updating a will, powers of attorney and enduring guardianship, probate and letters of administration, and family provision claims.
You're buying or selling a business
Buying or selling a business, for buyers and for sellers. We run the transaction end to end — the sale agreement, the due diligence behind it, and the transfer of the premises lease.
All business sale mattersA conversation, by phone or at the Bella Vista office. We work out whether what you're facing is a legal problem at all, whether it's work we do, and what your options look like. If it isn't ours, we'll say so and tell you who to call.
Before work starts you receive a costs disclosure setting out what the matter involves and what it will cost. Disbursements — searches, certificates, registration and filing fees — and GST are identified separately rather than folded into a headline number. If the scope changes, you get an updated figure before that work is done.
One named person runs your file, and you are told who they are and how to reach them directly. For wills, powers of attorney and enduring guardianship we store the signed original at no charge, give you a copy, and confirm in writing where the original is held.
Greenline Legal is its own law practice, with its own obligations under the Legal Profession Uniform Law. However you found us, two things hold.
We act for you. On your instructions, in your interests. Whoever referred you does not become our client, cannot direct your matter, and does not see your file.
We decline where there is a conflict. Including where the conflict involves a business that referred you. We’ll tell you that is why, and help you find someone else. That is the system working, not a failure of service.
A licensed conveyancer can handle a standard transfer. A solicitor can also advise on what sits around it — a special condition you don't like, a building or strata report that has turned up something, a co-ownership or trust structure, a deceased estate somewhere in the chain, or a dispute if the deal goes wrong. If your matter is straightforward, we'll tell you that too.
We quote per matter rather than from a rate card, because what's involved genuinely differs. You get the figure in writing before work starts, with disbursements — searches, certificates, registration and filing fees — and GST identified separately from our professional fees. A single headline number on a website usually leaves those out, which is how a quoted figure and a final invoice end up different.
Our conveyancing practice covers New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, so we can act on a property transaction in any of the three. Everything else we do — building and construction disputes, commercial and retail leases, wills and estates, and business sales — is New South Wales. If your matter sits outside that, we'll say so early and help you find someone admitted there.
It depends on the estate and on the Supreme Court's current timeframes, so we won't put a number on your matter before we've seen it. What we can tell you is what's needed to apply: the death certificate, the original and latest unrevoked will, confirmation of who the executor is, a schedule of the assets and liabilities, and valuations where they're required.
In New South Wales certain people can apply for family provision where a will doesn't adequately provide for them, and a will can also be challenged on grounds including lack of capacity, undue influence, or not having been properly witnessed. Time limits apply. Whether any of that fits your situation is a question about your facts, not one a website can answer.
That turns on whether the defect is major or minor, when the work reached completion, and what the contract and the statutory warranties under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) require. There are claim windows, and there are defences available to a builder. We act for builders, contractors and developers in these matters.
You'll get a straight answer about whether you need a lawyer, what your matter is likely to involve, and what it will cost. If it isn't something we do, we'll point you to someone who does.
Information on this site is general in nature and is not legal advice, and may have been overtaken by a change in the law. Contacting us does not create a solicitor–client relationship.