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About us

About us

Introducing

After more than 40 years trading as Birman & Ride, in April 2024 we changed our flagship name to Curae Law.

It’s only our name that has changed.

Curae Law is still operated by the same brilliant team and offers the same, quality services you know and love.

Curae Law means:

Close attention

Responsibility, guidance and care

Guardianship

Taking charge and oversight

Healing

Helping you solve legal problems

OUR PURPOSE

Curae Law exists to help people simplify and solve legal problems.

We work across four areas: deceased estates, wills and estate planning, real estate conveyancing, and debt collection. Some of these matters are routine. Some come at the hardest moments of a person’s life. We bring the same care and honesty to both.

Our core values

Be kind

We’re compassionate, but firm when we need to be

We do things differently

Complacency is not our thing

Strive for excellence

High standards are our way of life

Our ten year target

Quality outcomes are important to us.
That’s why we have a big, audacious goal to get 15,000 positive client reviews by June 2033. Read what our clients say here, or help us on our mission by leaving your own review here.
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Our future

We’re committed to growing, improving and becoming the best version of ourselves.

One way we do that is by being brave enough to decide what our future will look like and then working hard to bring that vision to life. 

We create a three year painted picture vision to make sure we stay focused on achieving our goals.

Our painted picture vision of 2027: How we will look, feel and act by 1 July 2027 is available here.

Testimonials

What our clients say

Thank you for meeting with me on Wednesday and giving me the sound advice.  I was very impressed.  As you can imagine I have met many lawyers over my career!
Ms L - Debt Collection Client
August 7, 2026
Hi Nigel and Sophia, thanks so much for your great work and for guiding me through a difficult process. I’m especially grateful for you seeing me so quickly after my niece, made her initial enquiry. I’ll definitely recommend Curae Law to anybody who needs help with wills and deceased estates etc.
Mr E - Flat Rate Settlements Client
August 6, 2026
Highly recommended! Nigel Siegwart is an impressive communicator and negotiator, you would be lucky to secure his services! A highly ethical, clear communicator, there was no confusion at any stage. All costs and objective legal advice were clearly set out and explained. Nigel skilfully navigated sensitive issues in our case & negotiated all roadblocks with firmness and in a highly courteous manner. Where we stressed and wilted , he seemed to thrive on the challenge. Anyone seeking peace of mind can completely trust Nigel and his team to handle their case with the utmost professionalism. Thank you so very much Nigel!
Ms M - Contentious Estates Client
August 6, 2026
Thanks for all the wonderful work you have done for me on this estate. You have made the process easy to navigate and your expertise and professionalism has been greatly appreciated.
Mr G - Perth Probate Centre Client
August 4, 2026
Curae Law and Sean have been very helpful in dealing with my mum’s will and probate application. Sean has been great to work with and has provided all the information and explanation of things as I’ve needed. Thanks for all the help so far Sean.
Mr B - Perth Probate Centre Client
July 28, 2026
From start to finish of applying for probate, the team were communicative and compassionate through every step. Monica provided a top level of attention to detail and explaining things to be in terms I can understand. I cannot recommend Curae Law highly enough.
Mr T - Perth Probate Centre
July 25, 2026