Phil McNamara Solicitor

McNamara & Associates operates offices in Nowra and Batemans Bay, serving the Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla areas on the South Coast of New South Wales. The firm's team of experienced lawyers has over 100 years of combined experience. Phil McNamara is listed among the firm's people.

The firm provides legal services including conveyancing, family law, wills and estates, commercial law, disputes and litigation, notary services, real estate agency law, criminal and traffic law, and elder law. A written costs disclosure and agreement is provided at the start of each matter. For some matters, such as a standard sale or purchase of property, a lease or a Will, a fixed fee can be provided. The firm is a member of certain memberships.

Conveyancing work forms the core of this Nowra practice, and the accounts gathered around it diverge sharply. A recurring theme across several accounts is the difficulty clients face in obtaining any response once instructions have been provided. One person, after supplying information about a work incident, describes calling on multiple occasions and leaving messages without receiving a reply by telephone or email. A deceased estate matter is recounted in terms of the firm being unwilling to engage with the family, and a further account of dealings with Neil Hartley describes the service as unprofessional and disorganised.

That same client eventually instructed another solicitor, who completed the matter in one sitting and explained each step clearly. A different note strikes a warmer tone, with one client writing of the pleasure of meeting Neil Hartley and staff and expressing a willingness to refer the practice to family and friends. Responsiveness, or the absence of it, and the clarity of explanation and progress after instructions are given stand out as the matters clients return to most often.