I am a plan­ning lawyer who has expe­ri­ence in a wide range of mat­ters rep­re­sent­ing a vari­ety of clients. My breadth of expe­ri­ence and under­stand­ing of the envi­ron­ment enables me to pro­vide tai­lored solu­tions to com­plex legal and envi­ron­men­tal challenges. 

Exper­tise

  • Plan­ning and Environment

Sec­tors

  • Nat­ur­al Resources
  • Pri­vate Clients & Fam­i­ly Businesses
  • Real Estate & Construction

Expe­ri­ence

  • Devel­op­ment Appeals (Appli­cant and Council)
  • Bio­di­ver­si­ty off­sets and rur­al land clearing
  • Respond­ing to DPE and Coun­cil inves­ti­ga­tions and orders
  • Defend­ing EPA prosecutions
  • Sea­walls and coastal pro­tec­tion works
  • Tree dis­putes

Roles, Mem­ber­ship and Education

  • Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence and Bach­e­lor of Laws
  • Grad­u­ate Diplo­ma of Legal Practice
  • Law Soci­ety of New South Wales

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Publications

Tree dis­putes among neigh­bours – know your rights

There is a lit­tle-known piece of leg­is­la­tion in NSW called the Trees (Dis­putes Between Neigh­bours) Act 2006, and it has been…

Statu­to­ry Review of Bio­di­ver­si­ty Con­ser­va­tion Act 2016 (NSW)

Damn­ing Find­ings from Review of Bio­di­ver­si­ty Con­ser­va­tion Act The find­ings from the 5‑year statu­to­ry review of the Bio­di­ver­si­ty Con­ser­va­tion Act 201…

Is your Com­ply­ing Devel­op­ment Cer­tifi­cate valid?

In the recent deci­sion of Wol­londil­ly Shire Coun­cil v Kennedy [2023] NSWLEC 53 the Land and Envi­ron­ment Court has held that…

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