Property & Land Use
WHAT IS PROPERTY & LAND USE
Property and land use law regulates dealings with, ownership of, use of, and securities over, personal property (goods and chattels), and real property (land).
Legal advice concerning property and land use law can be sought at any stage, including:
- Acquisition of property
- Investment in property
- Protection of property
- Disposal of property
HOW CAN WE ASSIST IN PROPERTY & LAND USE
We advise individuals, businesses and companies, and understand the competing interests involved in entering into transactions relating to property.
We are able to prepare the documentation required to give effect to, and record dealings with property, and assessing prosecuting and defending claims in disputes.
We understand the competing interests that business owners and individuals face when negotiating mortgages, leases and securities, and when making application for development approval.
We also understand the various time and cost constraints that arise during property and land use matters, as well as the need to effectively communicate with all stakeholders.
With the collaborative support of taxation practitioners, and conveyancing professionals, and our knowledge and expertise in corporate law, environment law, and planning law, we deliver a strategic, pragmatic and end-to-end approach to all forms of transactions to meet your objectives.
Areas of our work include:
- Caveats
- Compulsory land acquisition
- Development approval and building rules consent
- Development projects
- Easements
- Encroachments
- Encumbrances
- Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and site contamination
- Fences
- Joint venture agreements
- Mortgages and enforcement
- Personal Property and Securities legislation
- Restrictive covenants
- Sale and purchase (including review and negotiation)
- Leases (including review and negotiation)
- Liens
