March 24, 2023
Doyle's Guide

Pricing Report – Planning & Environment, Queensland 2012

 This listing details pricing trends and levels within the Queensland planning and environment legal services market.  It is compiled on the back of feedback from clients and solicitors practising within these areas.

Pricing levels across both planning and environment sectors have experienced little if any growth over the past year.  A reduction in the volume of work going around has seen firms reluctant to escalate pricing.

While many practitioners mane to successfully spread their practice across both of planning and environment the distinction in pricing expectations and levels between these two areas continued to widen.   The typically higher leveraged nature of the work and clientele in planning matters sees a sharper focus on hourly rates and the presence of a number of smaller and specialist firms only extends this pressure.

Alternatives to the hourly rate were few and far between.  Non-contentious work was subject the usual requirements of either global or stage based fee estimates however generally the requirement to stick to such estimates was less rigid in this area than it is in others.  On contentious matters unpredictability saw the hourly rate be the pricing mechanism of choice for both clients and firms alike with the use of blended rates for such matters becoming increasingly common.

Partner Hourly Rates Outline

2023 Rankings Publication Schedule

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ArbitrationAustraliaJuly 2023
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ArbitrationNew ZealandJuly 2023
ArbitrationSingaporeJuly 2023
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CompetitionAustraliaOctober 2023
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ConstructionHong KongApril 2023
ConstructionNew ZealandApril 2023
ConstructionNSWMarch 2023
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ConstructionSingaporeApril 2023
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ConstructionVictoriaMarch 2023
ConstructionWestern AustraliaFebruary 2023
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CorporateNSWJuly 2023
CorporateQueenslandFebruary 2023
CorporateSingaporeJuly 2023
CorporateSouth AustraliaFebruary 2023
CorporateVictoriaJuly 2023
CorporateWestern AustraliaJuly 2023
Corporate & CommercialACTJune 2023
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CrimeBritish ColumbiaApril 2023
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CrimeNew ZealandMarch 2023
CrimeNSWAugust 2023
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CrimeSingaporeJune 2023
CrimeSouth AustraliaAugust 2023
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EmploymentBritish ColumbiaJune 2023
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Intellectual PropertySingaporeJune 2023
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LitigationHong KongAugust 2023
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LitigationSingaporeAugust 2023
LitigationSouth AustraliaJune 2023
LitigationTasmaniaJune 2023
LitigationVictoriaJune 2023
LitigationWestern AustraliaJune 2023
Native TitleAustraliaJanuary 2023
Aboriginal & First Nations LawBritish ColumbiaMarch 2023
Maori LawNew ZealandMarch 2023
Planning & EnvironmentBritish ColumbiaJuly 2023
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Planning & EnvironmentNSWApril 2023
Planning & EnvironmentQueenslandMarch 2023
Planning & EnvironmentSouth AustraliaMarch 2023
Planning & EnvironmentVictoriaApril 2023
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Real EstateBritish ColumbiaJuly 2023
Real EstateHong KongJuly 2023
Real EstateNew ZealandMarch 2023
Real EstateNSWMarch 2023
Real EstateQueenslandMarch 2023
Real EstateSingaporeMay 2023
Real EstateSouth AustraliaMarch 2023
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ResourcesAlbertaOctober 2023
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ResourcesNew ZealandOctober 2023
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ResourcesQueenslandOctober 2023
ResourcesSingaporeOctober 2023
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