Fox and Thomas is a law firm with offices in Goondiwindi, St George and Brisbane in Queensland, Australia.  Fox and Thomas has particular expertise in agribusiness, rural property, family law, not for profit, estate planning, water rights, commercial law, business structuring and tax law.

Our mission is to secure our clients' security, wealth and success through ethical, strategic and innovative legal and commercial advice. We will achieve this by consistently meeting or exceeding our clients’ expectations in terms of:

•  quality advice
•  speed of response
•  availability
•  commerciality
•  courtesy
•  delivering true value for money.

As a firm of 28 people, our focus is client relationships – we want to understand our clients' needs so we can proactively provide the best service possible. But in all this, we pride ourselves on the virtues of traditional professionalism and the characteristics of truth, honesty and ethical behaviour that make up the true professional.

We recognise the privilege of running a practice. We value humbleness in leadership and the importance of respect for our staff and clients. Central to our mission is that, as a firm, the interests of our clients are paramount. This means that we will always go the extra mile for our clients.

As part of our mission, we aim to be considered by our clients as the best in what we do. We want our clients to see us as an integral part of their business and committed to their success. We will focus on developing our strengths to complement theirs – we aim to forge strong partnerships with our clients.

Our values recognise our individual strengths but also ask each and every one of us to share a commitment to channel those individual strengths to great corporate effect. We value frequent, honest and clear communication. We value winning. We thrive on the challenge of change and the opportunities to shape our own destiny.

Law Australasia Membership

Fox and Thomas is a founding member of an association of 16 independent Australasian law firms, known as Law Australasia. The members of this Association are committed to achieving best practice in the law.

Law Australasia allows our firm to share knowledge and support each other on practice management issues, as well as specialised areas of law including Commercial Property, Family, Employment and Industrial Relations and Personal and Business Planning.

Fox and Thomas benefits greatly from our membership in this association as it provides us with the support and skills to pass onto our clients.

For more information on Law Australasia click here.

Our history

The predecessors of Fox & Thomas in Goondiwindi have been serving the region since 1925  In 1998 the firm acquired the St George Office, formerly AR Coutts and Sons, from Ian Coutts which itself had been started by Ian’s father Archer (Roy) Coutts in 1914.  The Brisbane office was opened in 2007.