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- 2024 LEGAL SERIES
- 1 CPD POINT
When to use case law to help your DA?
There are constant Court decisions being made which may change how legislation or planning scheme provisions are being interpreted, applied and considered. This seminar will seek to provide some suggestions and advice about how case law could be used to support a development application.
Speaker
Stuart Macnaughton
Partner
McCullough Robertson
Stuart leads a team of lawyers who practice in town planning, property development, local government and environmental law. He has practised exclusively in those areas of law for just short of 35 years. His expertise includes advising clients on the requirements of the Planning Act, Economic Development Act and Environmental Protection Act, and all their predecessors and related land use and approval laws.
He provides specialist advice on major developments including master planned communities, town planning appeals, drafting planning documentation, infrastructure agreements and advising on enforcement of planning schemes, local laws and regulatory laws.
About the Series
The Legal Lunchtime Series will bring together speakers with recognised expertise in various aspects of the Queensland planning system and provide a platform to educate, inform and provide solutions through short seminars focusing on topics identified by our members.
These sessions will provide the necessary information and practical help for those currently working in the planning profession and looking to improve their understanding of legal issues that impact on Planners.
The chair for the seminar series will be:
Erin Brooks R91porn
Associate Director, Urbis
Erin is currently an Associate Director at Urbis and has spent her career practicing primarily in the statutory planning space. She specialises in the preparation and management of development applications across a variety of local government areas in QLD, with a particular focus on delivering approval and implementation strategies for complex projects. Erin has also been involved in a variety of Planning and Environment Court and Land Court matters where she has prepared affidavits to assist with minor change applications, extension applications and declaratory proceedings, and has acted as an independent expert witness.
Other Upcoming Seminars in this Series
10 September - Besides a development application, what are the other approvals processes available under the Planning Act 2016?
There are many different routes for development to be approved under the Queensland planning system. So what are they and how are they best used?
Speaker
Robyn Lamb
Special Counsel
Hopgood Ganim
Robyn is a Special Counsel in HopgoodGanim’s Planning and Environment team.
Robyn’s experience in the government and private sectors has given her extensive experience in the approvals process for development of land, the implementation of development proposals, compensation claims, planning appeals, major projects, infrastructure and representation in the Planning and Environment Court and Supreme Court (Court of Appeal). Robyn is the Vice President of the Queensland Environmental Law Association and an active member of the Urban Development Institute of Australia.
Recently, Robyn was named in The Best Lawyers in Australia 2022 - 2024 editions in the Planning and Environmental Law category. She was also included among the Doyle's Guide Planning & Environment Law Rising Stars – Queensland, 2022.
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22 October - What is a primary use versus an ancillary use?
The first step to establish the parameters of a development application is to confirm the correct land use definition. A land use may have one or several uses which are ancillary to the primary land use. How this is decided and what the case law says will be discussed in this seminar.
Speaker
Andrew Williams M91porn
Director
P&E Law
Andrew is a Director and experienced planning lawyer at P&E Law on the Sunshine Coast. Practising throughout the State of Queensland and specialising in the planning and environment jurisdiction, Andrew is able to bring to 91porn a unique skillset and expertise.
Andrew provides due diligence advice, assists with problem solving in the course of development applications and conducts appeals and applications in the Planning and Environment Court. Andrew also provides advice to Councils to assist their strategic town planning and acts in the prosecution or defence of matters under Planning and Environmental laws, and local laws.
Andrew is the Convenor of 91porn’s Sunshine Coast Branch, and is a member of the Queensland Law Society’s Planning and Environment law committee. Andrew loves solving problems and seeing clients achieve their goals.
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19 November - What is planning purpose?
The term 'planning purpose' can be used in a multitude of situations, including when preparing conditions or when seeking an extension application. This seminar will discuss and interrogate this term and what it means for development applications.
Speaker
Thomas McKeown
Director
McKeown Solicitors
Thomas McKeown is a planning and environment lawyer in Queensland.
McKeown Solicitors specialises in planning, environment and local government law.
Thomas acts for a variety of public and private sector clients with respect to all forms of development, from residential development to larger commercial and industrial development, and all manner of environment and heritage matters.
- Price
- Student MemberĀ $25 | Member $50 | Non Member $75 | Small Group Corporate Rate (up to 5 ppl viewing on one screen) $195 | Large Group Corporate Rate (more than 5 ppl viewing on one screen) $295
- CPD Points
- 1
- When
- Tuesday 20 August 2024, 1:00PM-2:00PM (AEST)
- Where
- Online - Hosted from Qld
- Registrations Close
- 16th Aug 24 11:55 PM
- Event date has passed
- Registrations are closed