BDF Law

BDF Law is a legal practice founded by Bethan Frake in 2015. Bethan Frake is the principal lawyer and graduated with honours from the University of Bristol in 1998. She was admitted as a practitioner of the Supreme Court of Tasmania in January 2006 and of the High Court of Australia in June 2009. She has over 20 years of experience. The firm specialises in Employment Law, Litigation, Conveyancing and Wills & Estate Planning, and provides services to clients in Launceston and Tasmania.

Bethan Frake is an experienced litigator and advocate, working in commercial and civil litigation, estate litigation and employment law, and regularly appears as counsel in various Courts and industrial tribunals. Her commercial practice provides services for business and property transactions, wills and estates, conveyancing, leasing and trusts. She was a volunteer solicitor at the Launceston Community Legal Centre from 2014 to 2018, Northern Representative for the Tasmanian Women Lawyers Association from 2014 to 2016, and held roles with Amnesty International Australia from 2015 to 2021. BDF Law's liability is limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.

Property transactions sit at the centre of feedback on BDF Law, with clients describing purchases and sales that ran smoothly and were managed from beginning to end. The firm is also engaged for wills, estate planning and business law work, according to reviews. Named team members, among them Bethan, Mandy and Belinda, are repeatedly praised for professionalism, experience and knowledge, and for translating complex matters into plain, workable guidance.

Reliability comes up often: reviewers note timely replies when other parties caused friction, clear updates as matters progressed, and flexibility when circumstances changed. Billing is described as precise, with effort directed at the matter itself rather than at unnecessary steps, and business law advice is considered good value. Wills preparation is characterised as simple and the support given as friendly and understanding.

Several accounts highlight practical insight, with clients' objectives kept in view rather than treated as routine paperwork. In conveyancing especially, the process is described as well organised and clearly explained, with correspondence and instructions set out so they are easy to act on, and advice on upcoming steps provided before it was needed. That mix of clear communication and careful attention to each matter is what recurs across the feedback.