Government Law & Dispute Resolution
Milne Legal provides advice and represents clients in relation to a range of Government and dispute resolution matters as they relate to Planning and Environment law.
In May of 2017, Milne Legal Principal, Robert Milne, gave a presentation “Mediation in the Queensland Planning and Environment Court”. If you are interested in understanding the mediation process further, a copy of the PowerPoint slides for this presentation is available here.
We can assist you in a range of areas, including:
- All Queensland, New South Wales and Commonwealth Courts
- Planning and Environment Court appeals, declarations and injunctions
- Magistrates Court prosecutions
- Land and Environment Court (NSW)
- Land Court
- Land and Resources Tribunal
- Building and Development Dispute Resolution Committee
- Mediation
- Case appraisal
- Arbitration
- Acquisition of Land – objecting to proposed acquisitions, disputing acquisition decisions, lodging compensation claims and pursuing appeals in the Land Court and:
- Negotiating changes to acquisition proposals to accommodate the client’s needs;
- Road widening;
- Powerline easement acquisitions;
- Water pipeline acquisitions;
- Negotiations relating to impacts on development potential due to tunnels under land
- Judicial review
- Infrastructure charging calculations and negotiating infrastructure agreements
- Access rights including prescriptive easements
- Native titles rights
- Rating disputes
- Right to Information Applications and subsequent internal reviews