Energy and natural resources

• Advising Ampol Energy on the environmental and planning aspects of its Future Fuels Project and ongoing matters in relation to environmental aspects of the Lytton Refinery.
• Advising Arrow Energy in its development of the Surat Gas Project. This involves advising on ongoing operational matters, including assessing the application of the Regional Planning Interests Act 2014 (Qld) to its activities, and advising on compliance with State and Federal approval conditions, the amendment of Arrow's key State and Federal approval, and on offset arrangements and the review of offset agreements and management plans more generally.

Environmental Enforcement

• Acting for two alleged executive officers of Linc Energy Limited in a prosecution by the Queensland Department of Heritage and Environmental Protection in relation to alleged serious environmental harm arising from underground coal gasification activities at Chinchilla. The prosecution of Linc Energy and five related individuals has been described as the biggest environmental prosecution in Queensland's history.
• Advising Ampol in relation to a formal investigation into alleged releases of petroleum product from an underground storage tank at a service station.

Renewables

• Acting for RES and Blackrock in relation to various solar projects in Queensland, including providing planning advice regarding approvals required and issues relating to native vegetation.
• Advising Conergy on environmental and planning aspects of the development of a PV solar generation facility in Cooktown, Queensland.

Climate change

• Advising clients such as Powerlink Queensland, Port of Brisbane Corporation, Laing O'Rourke Australia and Downer EDi in relation to its obligations under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007, the (then) proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the Carbon Pricing Mechanism.
•  Advising Queensland Rail on its recent large site and small site electricity tender, in particular in relation to carbon pass through.

Waste

• Acting for a subsidiary of Cleanaway Pty Ltd in a prosecution by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science for alleged contraventions of conditions of a transitional environmental program and environmental authority arising from contaminant emissions at a waste processing facility in Narangba.
• Advising Veolia about exemptions to the waste levy for residue waste from material recovery facilities following major fire. 

Planning development and infrastructure

• Represented the developer of the Howard Smith Wharves Revitalisation Project in the Planning and Environment Court.
• Representing the developer of Brisbane Skytower, a residential development in Mary Street, Queensland, in three separate but related appeals.

 Government

• Acting for Gold Coast City Council in a range of planning appeals and applications in the Planning and Environment Court.
• Advising on compensation claims related to the taking of various interests in land by the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority for the purpose of delivering the Cross River Rail Project.
• Advising Logan City Council in relation to infrastructure charging and conversion provisions of the Planning Act 2016.