Expertise and Qualifications

The Legal Practitioner and Director of Myles G Murphy Lawyers Pty Ltd (Incorporated Legal Practice) trading as MGM Solicitors.

Have practiced as a Solicitor since being admitted in 1977 in New Zealand. Immigrated to Australia in 1981 and have had a distinguished career, working with large, medium and small Law Firms.

Built a Legal Group in Brisbane, with three separate Law Practices and two internet Law Practices. This group was sold, prior to my establishment of MGM Solicitors in 2018.

In 2024 I became President of the Management Committee of The Society of Notaries of Queensland.

Hold an LLB from Auckland University and have a Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Practice Management from FMRC (University of New England).

Admitted on the following rolls

• 1977 – Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of NZ
• 1982 – Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria
• 1983 – Solicitor in the Supreme Court of Queensland
• 1984 – An unrestricted Principal’s Practicing Certificate in Queensland
• 1991 – Commissioner for Oaths and Declarations in the High Court of NZ
• 1996 – Solicitor of the High Court of Australia
• 1999 – The College of Notaries in Queensland
• 1999 – The College of Notaries in Somerset House England

Wills & Estates

• Executor and Administrator of deceased estates
• Litigation Representative
• Advised on foreign wills as endorsed under the Hague Convention
• Advised on estate planning, jurisdiction, tax, land law and succession law.

Land Law

• Practised in numerous jurisdictions
• Acted for developers, Investment and residential home buyers
• Conveyed industrial, commercial and retail properties
• Advised on Aged Care, Retirement Villages, and properties under Manufactured Homes Act
• Acted for Landlords and Tenants in industrial, retail and commercial markets.

Corporate

• Acted in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions both hostile and otherwise
• Acted in many startup ventures from inception through mezzanine to completion
• Acted for Profit and Nonprofit organisations
• Assisted companies in the expansion of operations overseas
• Advised in Corporate and Intergenerational Succession.

Personal

First, I’m commercially minded, as evidenced by having built and run a business involving three separate Law Practices and two internet Law Practices.

I am an approachable, open minded and fair person who loves the unusual and the challenging. Yet I am tenacious when it comes to ensuring satisfying outcomes for clients… bullies do not fare well with me.

As a family man concerned with social issues, I have been a member of Lions Club for Ten Years and have acted on nonprofit and charitable organisations. And lastly, I have a vintage car which is my distraction and labour of love.