A J Law & Co

REAL ESTATE & COMMERCIAL

Our areas of expertise include:

• Development and titling: broad acre subdivisions, mixed use developments, residential, commercial, retail, and industrial (including bulky goods).
• Major acquisitions and disposals: including legal due diligence and forced sales.
• Leasing: agreements for lease, lease, subleases, breaches, termination, disputes, and management of lease schedules.
• Commercial structuring: joint ventures, project development agreements, fund through arrangements, property trusts, and syndicates.
• Body corporate law and community title schemes: new schemes, amalgamations, disposals and improvements to common property, by-law reviews, assignment and variations to management, and letting rights.
• Property tax considerations.
• Securities and funds management (listed and unlisted).
• Easements and restrictive covenants (including design covenants).
• Rural transactions.
• Resumptions: compulsory land acquisitions and compensation
• Major leisure and commercial projects.

• Drafting employment agreements and assisting with the development of
  employment related policies.
• Providing advice on Modern Award provisions.
• Drafting and assisting with advice on Enterprise Agreements.
• Providing advice in relation to disciplinary, termination of employment and
  redundancy matters.
• Assisting with claims arising out of the termination of employment, such as unfair
  dismissal and general protection claims.
• Advising on and assisting in matters relating to breach of restraint of trade and confidentiality obligations.

EXPERTS

Ashley Stanton, Partner 

• Development applications, appeals, and infrastructure charging advice.
• Development consents, planning permits, and development permits.
• Environmental, nature resource, and land use approvals.
• Strategic and statutory land use planning.
• Land contamination, pollution incidents, and claims of nuisance.
• Planning and development agreements.
• Flora, fauna, and native vegetation matters.
• Heritage issues.
• Valuation, compulsory land acquisition, and compensation.
• Planning law enforcement.
• Development contributions and levies.