Services
- Business & Commercial Law
- Real estate transactions – sale/purchase/lease/mortgage
- Wills
- Trusts and Estate planning
- Probate and claims against Wills
- Family Law
- Company Law/Partnership/ Associations
- Property development
- Strata & Community Title advice
- Stamp Duty and Land Tax
- Dispute resolution & mediation
- Litigation
- Personal property securities
- Local government issues
Our People
Dennis Staunton – Partner
Bruce Thompson – Partner/Accredited Specialist Business Law
Andrew Corish – Partner/Accredited Specialist Family Law
Paul Tocchini – Partner
Tony Murrell– Consultant
Benjamin Read – Solicitor
Adrienne Anderson – Probate Manager
Faye Clarke – Paralegal
Margaret Thomas – Paralegal
Contact
Manly National Building
Suite 501, Level 5, 22 Central Avenue
Manly NSW 2095
DX 9229 Manly
Ph: 02 9977 5000
Fax: 02 9977 0653
North Sydney – Family Law office
Suite 3, Level 14/122 Arthur Street
North Sydney NSW 2060
DX 10507 North Sydney
Ph: 02 9929 7799
Fax: 02 9929 0191
About Us
Dennis Staunton established the firm in Manly in 1970 and was joined by Bruce Thompson in 1976. A branch office was opened at North Sydney in 1999.
Our orientation has been to foster long term relationships and we continue to advise and act for many personal and business clients we have had for up to 3 decades, as well as many others acquired more recently.
A key element in this has been to find and then retain loyal and long serving staff of the highest calibre, to provide continuity of personal contact for our clients, as well as knowledge of their affairs and empathy with their situations.
While most of our clients are based in the Manly and North Sydney areas, it has been gratifying to find that many people continue to instruct the firm after leaving these areas.
The firm has extensive experience in many areas of law, including Law Society accredited specialists in business law and family law. While on occasions it will be necessary to obtain special expertise outside the firm or to refer a client on, we aim to be able to provide a complete legal service for most occasions with our own resources and at a competitive cost.







