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Proud History, Bold Future, Since 1834

Dobson Mitchell Allport

Serving Tasmania since 1834

We are a leading Tasmanian legal practice with an experienced team offering a full range of legal advisory and advocacy services to individuals, businesses, governments and not-for-profit organisations, here in Tasmania, interstate and overseas.

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Proud History, Bold Future

We are proud of our history as one of Tasmania’s oldest legal practices – and today, as a strong, contemporary organisation, we value bold, innovative, and future-focused thinking.

We pride ourselves on providing practical solutions, with an emphasis on understanding our clients’ specific needs.

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Our Team

Our team of experts is genuinely driven to provide the best possible advice to our clients, because we believe that leading businesses and individuals need leading lawyers.
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The High Court of Australia settles vicarious liability – Bird v DP (a pseudonym) [2024] HCA 41

The High Court of Australia has, in a landmark decision, Read more

Applying for parenting orders as a guardian of a child

In Tasmania, a parent of a child can appoint a Read more

Industrial Manslaughter: What is it and what does it mean for workplaces moving forward?

Organisations and individuals can now be criminally liable for Industrial Read more

Potential duty consequences in Transferring the Family Farm

The State Revenue Office has issued new guidelines in respect Read more

WORKERS COMPENSATION — WHEN IS A NEW CLAIM NOT A ‘NEW CLAIM’?

Where a worker makes a claim for compensation and is Read more

Applying for parenting orders as a guardian of a child

In Tasmania, a parent of a child can appoint a Read more

Positive duty to eliminate workplace sex discrimination and harassment

To prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, it’s important to Read more

Workers Compensation Case Law Update

On 5 August 2024, Chief Justice Blow of the Supreme Read more

Wellbeing Podcast: “Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession” with Craig Mackie, Principal.

Like many other lawyers at Dobson Mitchell Allport, Craig Mackie Read more

Is a worker an independent contractor, or an employee? Changes to the current definition and implications going forward.

As part of the Australian Government’s ‘Closing Loopholes’ amendment to Read more

Allport Bequests

Henry Allport gave thought not only to his clients during Read more
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