Our Services

We are specialist legal advisors to the local government industry. Our core practice is the provision of legal advice, court representation and other legal services to Councils and the Local Government Association of Queensland ("LGAQ") on town planning and general local government issues.

The firm's services are more specifically grouped as follows:-

Planning & Environment Group

  • Planning: Appeals and advice; Scheme reviews; Prosecutions and injunctions.
  • Environment: EPA appeals and advice; EPA prosecutions and injunctions.
  • Administrative and Industrial: Freedom of Information; Judicial Review; Disciplinary processes; Anti-Discrimination (including sex discrimination).


Pictured are Michael Quirk, Kristie Taylor, David Kevin, Shelley Sorrenson, Maree Brittain, Rebecca Ryan, James Dillon, Mandy Caldwell, Robert Livingstone-Ward and Terry Law.

Commercial Litigation Group

  • Liability Litigation: Advice and litigation in the defence of public liability and professional indemnity claims against local governments.
  • Commercial Litigation: Local law prosecutions; Land Court hearings; Infrastructure construction disputes; Contract and commercial disputes; Debt recovery; Rating powers litigation; Land and Resources Tribunal hearings; and Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission matters.
Group members are Mark Williams, Tim Fynes-Clinton, John Butt, Kristie Taylor, Darius Isaacs, Matt Kidner, Dan Ribu, Peita Cole and Jeanette Chatham.

Pictured are Mark Williams, Peita Cole, Darius Isaacs, Dan Ribu, John Butt, Elisha Bailey and Matt Kidner.

Advisory Group

  • Contract and Commercial: Waste management contracts; Reusable water agreements; Enterprise agreements & operating structures; Tender & contract documentation; Property acquisitions & resumptions; Construction contracts & contract administration.
  • Specialist Advice: Specialist advice on all local government legal issues; LGAQ Legal Opinions Service.

Group members are Tim Fynes-Clinton, John Woods, James Neilson, Will Harpham, Elizabeth Gatt,  Anna Pizzica, Patrick Elliott, Kym Bayliss, Lesley Devine, Mandy Gray and Karlene Sheldrake.

John Woods, James Neilson, Lesley Devine, Elizabeth Gatt, Kym Bayliss, Will Harpham and Patrick Elliott

Pictured are John Woods, James Neilson, Lesley Devine, Elizabeth Gatt, Kym Bayliss, Will Harpham and Patrick Elliott.

Administration Support Group

The Administration Support Group provides additional essential accounting and administrative support to the firm. Group members are Tim Fynes-Clinton, Tanya Moore, Anita Naidu, Mandy Gray, Caren Attenborough and Daniel Powell.

 

Anita Naidu, Tim Fynes-Clinton, and Tanya Moore

 

Pictured are Anita Naidu, Tim Fynes-Clinton and Tanya Moore.