About John
John advises the State Government, statutory authorities and local government on all manner of governance, planning and enforcement issues – including appearing before VCAT, other tribunals, planning panels and courts.
Experience
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Compliance & enforcement
Regularly appearing before the Planning and the Occupational and Business Lists of VCAT, Planning Panels Victoria and Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation
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Dispute, resolution & litigation
Acting in a number of landmark Supreme Court matters, including, Victorian Superannuation Board v City of Melbourne (rateability of land), 101 Collins Street Pty Ltd v City of Melbourne (supplementary valuation), Shell Australia Ltd v City of Melbourne (valuation appeal) and ISPT v City of Melbourne (valuation of heritage building)
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Planning
Providing planning advice on a number of significant State developments and property transactions, including major broadacre subdivisions, industrial renewal projects and activity centre planning
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Litigation
Representing local government clients in significant electronic gaming machine applications considered by the VCGLR and VCAT.
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Compliance & enforcement
Personally appearing in over 1000 prosecutions on behalf of state government authorities and councils
Legal Insights
Where to now with clause 52.27?
In this article, we report on a decision of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Tribunal) which, if...
The end of 'transformation' as we know it?
The Court considered an appeal against a decision of the Tribunal to summarily dismiss an application for review.
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