a new legal experience
Solicitors & Advocates
Walt Allan provides exceptional legal services
Walt Allan works with small and large businesses (rural and urban) who require assistance with legal and taxation problems to help them achieve efficient outcomes.
We prefer providing proactive advice so that our clients avoid the problems in the first place. To do this, we take the time to understand the client's business, inside and out.
We are based in Brisbane, but we service the whole of Queensland, and interstate.
Martin van der Walt is the WALT in "Walt Allan"
He is the Legal Practioner Director of the company.
Martin practised as a barrister for nearly 20 years.
Previously, his clients were solicitors who briefed him to appear in court
or when the matter was too complicated.
Now, since 2017, he offers his services directly to the public through Walt Allan.
He can take your matter from beginning to end.
No duplication of costs in seeking external advice from barristers (unless it is considered necessary).
No need to brief barristers to appear for you on applications or at trial (unless it is considered necessary).
He does all of that for you. After all, he provided high-level advices and
appeared in court for nearly 20 years as a barrister, and continues to do so as a solicitor.
He looks forward to offering you a new legal experience.
Grant Allan is the ALLAN in "Walt Allan"
Grant is not yet officially part of the law practice.
Grant has been a practising barrister for nearly 27 years.
He is still a barrister, and will remain so until he finalises some ongoing matters.
Then he will become a director in the incorporated legal practice of Walt & Allan Pty Ltd.
Until that time, he will provide his expertise to Walt Allan as an independent contracting barrister.
AREAS OF LAW
Walt Allan can assist you with every area of law.
However, our depth of experience is in:
WILLS & ESTATE LITIGATION
contesting the validity of wills in court; family provision applications
ESTATE PLANNING
who gets what when you die, and in what structure?
minimise tax upon death, and minimise tax on income derived from the assets of your estate;
existing superannuation, trusts and life insurance policies complicate this process;
the topics of Wills, Tax & Super
are inextricably linked with Estate Planning
WILLS & ESTATES & ELDER LAW
preparation of wills; powers of attorney; advance health directives
TAX & SUPERANNUATION LAW
business structuring; minimising tax; maximising superannuation;
preparing objections against tax assessments;
dealing with the ATO (Australian Taxation Office) and
OSR (Office of State Revenue);
appearing for you in the AAT (Administrative Appeals Tribunal),
Federal Court or Supreme Court
appearing for you on section 8C prosecutions (ie where you are
charged for failing to lodge tax returns)
CONTRACTS & BUSINESS & COMPANY LAW
all contractual, partnership, corporate and business documentation and disputes
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
representing you in disciplinary proceedings--an adverse outcome for which
can have major implications on your career and income:
health care (doctors, nurses, dentists, psychologists, physiotherapists,
occupational therapists, chiropractors);
lawyers & accountants;
these matters are often linked with criminal charges, which require particular care,
and our criminal experience is invaluable
LAND & MINING LAW
compensation; property development; planning & environment;
compulsory acquisition; tree clearing; vegetation management issues
TRUSTS LAW & EQUITY
all issues relating to trusts, and the branch of law known as "equity"
CRIMINAL LAW
dealing with the police, police prosecutors, DPP (Department of Public Prosecutions);
appearing in all courts for trials, applications and sentences
So much law nowadays stems from legislation.
Being able to advise on how a court is likely to construe that legislation
is one of the tasks that Walt Allan does best.
"BLACK LETTER" LAW
Martin provides you with exceptional legal service.
Martin provides you with written advice.
Something tangible you can rely on.
He wants to get it right because he is the one standing on his feet
before the judge at the end of the day arguing your case.
APPEARING IN COURT
Martin is an experienced advocate.
He has appeared in every court (and many of the tribunals) in Queensland,
in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and
in the High Court of Australia.
He knows how to prepare your case.
He knows what evidence to assemble.
He knows how to present that evidence to the court.
He knows how to write precise and persuasive submissions for the court.
Walt Allan is carried on by Walt & Allan Pty Ltd ABN 30 615 247 188,
an incorporated legal practice under the Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld).