Serving Cessnock and The Hunter Valley

Awards & Testimonials

Rob's Local Government, Planning and Environmental Law team is the only legal team of a law firm in the Newcastle and the Hunter Valley region ever to win an Australian Law Award when Rob's previous firm was awarded the prestigious Mazda Environment Award at the Australian Legal Awards conducted by the Lawyers Weekly at the Westin Hotel in Sydney on 2 June 2005.

This team became the only legal team of a country firm in Australia to be awarded an Australian Law Award at the ceremony.

The Awards are often referred to as the Oscars of the legal profession and are intended to reflect excellence within the legal profession. The winners were selected by an audited secret ballot of Australian in-house Counsel and other consumers of legal services, such as Managing Directors, HR Directors and other Senior Managers.

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AUSTRALIAN LAW AWARDS

2005

The Environmental Law category recognised that our team of Environment Lawyers have demonstrated the ability to provide both private and government clients excellent advice on compliance with environmental regulations and legislation, as well as policy advice to Government and Industry groups. This advice ranges from prosecutions, commercial agreements, contaminated lands, approvals and licences, to interpretation of legislation and common law liabilities, as well as the provision of contractual documentation for the development and management of lands sales.

Rob's legal team competed against mega firms in Sydney and was voted number one in the nation. Our teams commitment to our clients and a focus on excellent service have really paid off. Rob and his team have been involved in some landmark cases recently but this award was the icing on the cake.

With one of the States few Accredited Specialist in Local Government and Planning Law and with a record of providing specialist advice to Councils, Developers and Environmental groups on Environment, Local Government and Planning Law over the last 33 years, this Award recognises our Local Government, Planning and Environmental Law divisions commitment, skill and excellence in this field.

The same skills and commitment to excellence is available to our clients in our other fields of Property Law, Commerical Law, Conveyancing, Civil and Criminal Litigation, Industrial Law, Family Law, Wills and Probate and Liquor Licensing Law.