Stuart Rees

Stuart founded Broadley Rees Hogan with Jon Broadley in 1996 and has led the firm as Managing Director ever since. He is a director in the firm's Commercial Dispute Resolution Services team and its Estates and Estate Planning Services team.

A senior commercial litigator with extensive experience in court and in alternative dispute resolution, Stuart is a firm believer in the benefits of an early commercial resolution where one is available. Clients come to him for the judgement call as much as the advocacy: whether a matter should be run, settled, or restructured around.

Litigation is a tool, not an outcome. The question is always what the client actually needs at the end of it.

Experience

Stuart's practice spans commercial litigation and dispute resolution, business sales and acquisitions, property law and employment law. Recent matters include:

• Joint venture disputes in the retirement village sector.
• Claims for rescission of business sale contracts.
• Claims against financial institutions arising from fraudulent misappropriation.
• Contested deceased estates and estate disputes.
• Business acquisitions across real estate agencies, IT firms, electrical services, caravan parks and personal service industries.

Recognition

• Best Lawyers® Australia 2021 and 2022 — Commercial Law and Litigation.
• Doyle's Guide — recognised among Queensland's leading firms and lawyers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws, Queensland Institute of Technology.
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia (1986).

Beyond the firm

Stuart co-founded the charitable organisation Sporting Hasbeens, which he has supported for 28 years. He still turns out for Over 40s District Cricket, coaches junior cricket, and spends his weekends on native plant gardening, charity work and family.

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