History
Since 8 July 1880
On 8 July 1880, William Alexander Finlay and Arthur Denison Watchorn opened the legal practice of Finlay & Watchorn at 32 Murray Street in Hobart. The firm has subsequently been known by various names as the partnership has changed. Most recently in the 1970s and early 1980s it was known as Finlay Blackwood when Graham Gordon Blackwood AM, former Commodore and life member of the Squadron, was its principal. Since Graham's untimely death in 1983, the firm has been known by its current name of Finlay Watchorn.
In the early 1980s the firm renewed its connection with the locale of Graham Blackwood's early yachting success when it opened an office in Kingston. Then, after 130 years of occupation, the firm severed its connection with the Murray Street premises in 2010 and now trades solely from the Kingston office.
Finlay Watchorn occupies a proud place in the commercial and legal history of Hobart and Tasmania with former partners serving as State Attorney-General, Magistrates and Judges. Over the years we have provided the community with distinguished service and have worked hard to earn and keep the respect for which we are known.