O'Connor Harris & Co

O'Connor Harris & Co helps people and businesses in Canberra with property, wills and estates, and commercial matters. Clients include home buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, business owners and builders.

The firm formed in 1982 when JS O'Connor Solicitors and John Harris Solicitors merged. It became a proprietary company in 2020. Founding directors John and Ruth Harris now work with three directors appointed in 2023, all of whom were already solicitors at the firm.

The team also handles building and construction disputes and some family law litigation.

O'Connor Harris & Co has one office at Level 6, Bright Consulting Building, 161 London Circuit, Canberra City, ACT. It acts for clients in Canberra and the wider ACT region. Its conveyancing pages also cover NSW fees and grants.

The firm's main work is conveyancing, property law, commercial law, and wills and estates. Property work includes house, unit, land and off the plan purchases, retirement village leases, subdivisions, strata schemes and residential tenancies. Commercial work covers business sales, contracts, leases, franchises, debt recovery and insolvency.

The firm also advises on building and construction law and has acted for the Master Builders Association of the ACT for many years. Its fees for ACT and NSW conveyancing are listed on the website.