Marilyn is highly collaborative and adept at working with a diverse range of professionals including lawyers in a different area of practice, accountants, financial planners, surveyors, town planners, business brokers, agents, financial brokers, and/or anyone else who needs to be consulted so that as a cohesive team they can achieve a comprehensive and effective solutions for clients. She is committed to translating the “legalese” for clients to ensure that the stress of a legal matter is reduces as much as possible, giving the client a positive experience in their matters.

Outside of the legal world, Marilyn is also a sociable person with involvements in various community endeavours.

Marilyn brings her experiences in a diverse area of practice to give clients a personally tailored solution for their legal needs in every stage of life including:
• Estate planning including Wills and Powers of Attorney
• Estate administration
• Purchase of first home and subsequent principal place of residence
• Purchase and sale of investment properties, both residential and commercial
• Subdivision of land
• Small developments including setting up of body corporates
• Start up or purchase of business and sale or winding down of the same
• Commercial leases and retail shop leases
• Intellectual property
• Entries into retirement villages
• Purchase and sale of rent rolls

• Qualifications:
▪ LLB
▪ PGrad Dip in Legal Practice
▪ LLM specialising in Intellectual Property, Information Technology & e-Commerce

• Memberships:
▪ Member of the Law Society of Queensland
• Language: English, Bahasa Melayu/Malay, Cantonese (conversational only) & Hokkien (conversational only)

*Any reference to a “Partner” means an employee with sufficient seniority. Longton Blackwell is an incorporated legal practice and not a partnership.