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Is your property affected by the Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail Project?

By stokeslawyers | October 14, 2021
If you have received a letter from the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), identifying your property as being impacted by the proposed Logan...
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Challenging conditions of approval … what are my options?

By stokeslawyers | August 17, 2021
You have received your development approval from Council, but you are not happy with some of the conditions Council has imposed.  There are options available...
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Casual Employees – A Permanent Solution?

By stokeslawyers | August 9, 2021
In June last year we reported on the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court in WorkPac Pty Ltd v. Rossato. The Full...
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Trunk vs. Non-Trunk Infrastructure and Conversion Applications

By stokeslawyers | July 6, 2021
The Planning Act 2016 (Planning Act) gives applicants the ability to apply to Council to convert non-trunk infrastructure required by a condition of approval to...
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Environmental offsets: an overview of process

By stokeslawyers | May 26, 2021
Many local governments, including many in Central Queensland, do not currently impose conditions in their development approvals in relation to environmental offsets.  Part of the...
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It’s not the end of the road if your development approval has lapsed

By stokeslawyers | May 11, 2021
It’s that heart wrenching moment and panic that we all want to avoid as either developers or consultants when you realise your development approval has...
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Is your Infrastructure Charges Notice accurate? It pays to check…

By stokeslawyers | April 14, 2021
Infrastructure charges are triggered when development occurs on land that creates an extra demand on the trunk infrastructure network.  Infrastructure charges are regulated under both...
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I need to make changes to my development approval … what are my options?

By stokeslawyers | March 23, 2021
It’s not uncommon for applicants to find themselves in the situation where they need to make changes to their development approval. There are a few...
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Additional Recovery Options Under the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017

By stokeslawyers | September 22, 2020
The Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (BIFA) was introduced in 2017 to replace the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004. BIFA...
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Public Notification During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By stokeslawyers | July 20, 2020
The COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 (Qld) (The Act) commenced on 23 April 2020 in response to a range of issues faced by industries and...
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Casual Employees; A Permanent Problem

By stokeslawyers | June 1, 2020
When is a casual employee not a casual employee?  The answer seems to be when they have a “firm advance commitment” from their employer to...
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Employee Redundancies During the COVID-19 Crisis

By stokeslawyers | May 13, 2020
Last month we considered the issue of options available for employers to decrease business expenses to combat falling turnover. These options include standing down employees,...