As disasters of immense scale proliferate, the composite legal response is forming into an emergent and distinct area of practice.Snapshot Disasters, both man-made and natural,…
By Professor Lee Godden - 1 min read
A recent High Court decision laid bare the flimsy patchwork of cultural heritage laws in Australia. Where have we got it right or wrong?Snapshot A…
By Jonathan Fulcher - 1 min read
With some of the most significant changes in three decades, clients may be at risk of falling afoul of an empowered NSW EPA.Snapshot As a…
By Madeleine O'Connor - 1 min read
A recent decision has narrowed the scope of compensation for many resumed businesses, notwithstanding a clear statutory obligation to ‘justly compensate’ them. By ANDREW BEATTY…
By Andrew Beatty and Marlon Shou - 1 min read
RICHARD BEASLEY SC delivers a scathing report of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s ‘unlawful’ and ‘incomprehensible’ mismanagement of the Basin.Snapshot The Commonwealth Government’s response to the…
By Richard Beasley - 2 min read
Gloucester Resources v Minister for Planning marks the first time an Australian court has refused a development on the basis of its climate change impacts.Snapshot The recent…
By Robert White, Jemilah Hallinan and Belinda Rayment - 2 min read
A landmark Australian judgment has shone a light on how climate change is now working its way into traditional areas of litigation around the world. A…
By Martijn Wilder and Sharona Coutts - 12 min read
Analysis of the latest legal and policy developments in the Murray-Darling Basin ahead of the much anticipated Royal Commission report. By EMMA CARMODY.Snapshot Water law…
By Emma Carmody - 1 min read
Changing the legal status of nature from an object, or human property, to a rights-bearing subject in law is an emerging legal movement. By DR…
By Michelle Maloney - 1 min read
Judgements in the the Land and Environment Court of NSW. provide useful guidance about Strata Renewal Proceedings when owners can’t agree. By PAUL VERGOTIS and…
By Paul Vergotis and Katharine Huxley - 2 min read
Planning authorities will be required to prepare Community Consultation Plans, which may supplement public participation requirements under legislation. By JOSIE WALKER.Snapshot The Environmental Planning and…
By Josie Walker - 1 min read
The key concept of existing use rights is the continuance of lawful use despite anything to the contrary in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act…
By Michael Mantei - 1 min read
In Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated v Minister for the Environment [2016] FCA 1042, Griffiths J dismissed an application for judicial review of a decision made…
By Stephen Tully - 1 min read