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The Gold Coast District Law Association was established in 1963 to support the city’s growing legal profession. Founding members included solicitors from many of the Gold Coast’s oldest and best known firms, including, Benn and Ken Price and Dennis Roobottom (Price & Roobottom Solicitors), Frank McLaughlin and John Gordon (McLaughlin Gordon and Lennon), David Hill and Peter Collas (Hill Collas Bradley and Short, now Short Punch & Greatorix and Collas Moro Ross), Tony Primrose and Alan Couper (Primrose and Couper, now Rudkin Hitchcock and Cronin Shearer) and Tony Steindl (Steindls).
Since those early days, the association has grown to become a highly regarded Gold Coast legal institution.
The Gold Coast District Law Association has the reputation of being one of the most active DLA’s. This stems from the GCDLA’s incorporation in 2000 which led to the statement of clear objectives for the Association.
We welcome lawyers from all over the city from different practice areas.
Our association is committed to providing support, events, news and information and community to all lawyers on the Gold Coast.
The objectives of the Gold Coast District Law Association as stated in the constitution are:
- To promote confidence and goodwill between the community and the legal profession;
- To promote confidence and goodwill between the members of the legal profession;
- To promote and protect the interests of the community in relation to the law;
- To promote and protect the interests of the legal profession;
- To co-operate with the Queensland Law Society Incorporated in all matters relating to the legal profession;
- To uphold and promote the Rule of Law;
- To promote reform in the administration of justice and law and its healthy development according to the social, economic and other needs of the community;
- To promote uniformity of legislation and of judicial decisions throughout Queensland and Australia;
- To support organisations that provide free or subsidised legal aid.
- To apply the knowledge and experience in the field of law to the promotion of the public good.
