O'Reilly Lillicrap

This Privacy Policy provides information on how O’Reilly Lillicrap manages personal information collected by it  including personal information collected through it’s website at www.lawaust.com.

Personal information is only collected, disclosed, used and stored in accordance with the National Privacy Principles set out under the federal Privacy Act 1988.

What is “personal information”?

“Personal Information” is information about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information.

Personal information collected

O’Reilly Lillicrap only collects personal information to carry on its business as a legal service provider.

The main reasons information is collected are:

• to provide legal services – in the course of acting for a client we are likely to collect personal information about individual clients and third parties. The type of personal information collected will vary from matter to matter;
• for marketing - during meetings with individual clients and contacts we sometimes collect their contact details in order to  be able to send them information or to

Use and disclosure of personal information

Any personal information that we collect will only be used and disclosed for the purpose for which it has been provided to us or as authorised under law.

We may use your contact details to send you information which may be of interest to you. However, you may at any time opt out of receiving such materials by contacting us  on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or sending a request to the address below.

Personal information may need to be disclosed to external service providers engaged by O’Reilly Lillicrap in order for those service providers to fulfil their service obligations to the firm. 

For example:

• IT service providers who assist in managing O’Reilly Lillicrap’s servers and networks may need to access client data in order to maintain the servers and networks;
• Barristers and experts engaged on behalf of a client to provide a legal or expert opinion for a client matter may require access to certain personal information held by O’Reilly Lillicrap in relation to that matter in order to provide the opinion.

Where personal information is disclosed to an external party, O’Reilly Lillicrap will take steps to ensure that the external party treats such information confidentially and in accordance with the federal Privacy Act 1988.

Accessing and Correcting Personal Information

You may request us to provide you with access to personal information we hold about you.

We will process all requests for access to personal information in accordance with the National Privacy Principles.

In most cases, we will provide you with access to your personal information. However, we may refuse access in certain situations as listed in the National Privacy Principles. If we refuse to give you access, we will provide you with reasons for our refusal.

If any personal information we hold about you is not accurate, complete or up to date, please let us know and in most cases, we will use all reasonable efforts to update the information.

Personal information security

O’Reilly Lillicrap is committed to keeping secure the data you provide to us and we will take all reasonable precautions to protect your personally identifiable information from loss, misuse or alteration.

Privacy Contact

To contact us about any privacy matter or to notify us that you wish to be removed from our distribution lists, please either:

send us an email to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or

• send us a letter addressed as follows:
• The Privacy Officer
• O’Reilly Lillicrap
• GPO Box 82
• BRISBANE QLD 4001

Changes to our privacy policy

From time to time it may be necessary for us to revise our privacy policy. We reserve the right to change our privacy policy at any time without prior notice.  We will notify you of the changes by posting an updated version of the policy on our website www.lawaust.com