Chris Haywood, HWL Ebsworth
Land use lawyer – Environment & Planning Group at HWLE Lawyers. Strong experience in conducting litigation for / providing advice to individuals, SME/large enterprises and government entities, for appeals (PA/EPA/ALA/SEQW), declaratory proceedings, objections, due diligence advisory, offset/infrastructure agreements and administrative review. Interests in environment, planning and development, climate change, biodiversity. Instructed King’s / Junior Counsel and advised in a number of key matters in the HCA, QCA, QSC, LACQ, LCQ, and QPEC.
Projects: Aria – 80 Hope Street Precinct; Cross River Rail Delivery Authority – compulsory acquisition; Goldfields – Elimbah residential and commercial precinct; Ho Bee Land – offset agreements; JAA – Amari – amalgamation of existing lots; Mainstream Aquaculture – Multiple applications and appeals relating to cultivation of Barramundi adjacent to GBRMP; Mirvac – Monarch Glen – implementation of key road infrastructure and development of 7,000 lots over 1,000 ha for MPC located in the Greater Flagstone PDA; Mater Hospital – Springfield; Peet – Village Green – major catalyst infrastructure agreement with developers, local government and distributor-retailer (Palmview) and Riverbank – civil infrastructure and ecological measures for 1,200 lots (Morayfield); SEG – Queen’s Wharf – water infrastructure agreement for residential tower, Rosewood; Villawood – Serpentine Creek – stormwater infrastructure and access agreements with neighbouring developers (Redland Bay); Stockland – Springfield Rise – negotiation of approval.
Residential: Aria – Riviere and Cliff (Kangaroo Point), Urban Forest, Lucerna, Trellis, The Standard, Casa Mia and Browning Street (South Brisbane/West End); Ingenia – Seachange Victoria Point; Spyre Group – Moray House (New Farm), Mari (Main Beach); PUC – 200+ BTR townhouses (Thornlands); VentureCrowd – Cumulus Grand Villas (Carrara).
Other: Orb Holdings – declaratory proceedings concerning inner-city laneway in QSC, QCA and HCA; SGR – The Star Gold Coast – appeal against refusal of application for PRAL under the TIA; Boral – Quarry (Ormeau) (minor change application – expert evidence: geotechnical, ecology, acoustics, planning and hydrology); PPA – Childcare Centre (New Farm) (submitter appeal against client approval); Genamson – claim for compensation and legal question re: “costs and expenses”.
Admissions: QSC (2020) & HCA (2021); Qualifications: GDLP (2020), UQ (LLB (Hons) (2018), BA (2018) and BMus (2010).
East Brisbane Community Centre – Secretary, Management Committee (2012 -).