Expert Property Lawyers in Melbourne

Our Property Lawyer Team can help guide you through the process of the development of land and can advise in relation to the following:

• Acquisition of land.
• Development structures and joint ventures.
• Planning and local government issues including zoning and permitted uses, section 173 agreements, easements and other requirements of referral authorities.
• Planning permit applications, dealing with objections and negotiating with the responsible and referral authorities, VCAT hearings.
• Plans of subdivision and consolidation, including dealing with common property.
• Preparation of off the plan sales contracts and associated special conditions.
• Preparation of owners corporation documentation including their establishment, meeting minutes, special rules and lease/licences of common property.

We advise landlords and tenants in relation to residential tenancies, commercial and retail tenancies, industrial and farming land. Our Property Lawyers have experience in all aspects of leasing, including:

• Preparation of agreements for lease and leases.
• The application of contractual and equitable principles to leases.
• Retail leasing and disclosure.
• Landlord and Tenant’s fixtures and improvements.
• Renewal of leases.
• Termination and surrender of leases.
• Breaches of lease, including remedies and appropriate notices.
• Requirements for make good.
• VCAT applications.

Our Property Lawyer Team has more than 30 years of experience in solving specific, unusual and complex property related matters in areas such as:

• Security advice, priority agreements, enforcement proceedings and mortgagee sales.
• Taxation advice, compliance and objections.
• Covenant and easement variation and removal.
• Adverse possession.
• Contaminated land and EPA compliance.
• Building defect and owner builder advice.
• Water rights, allocations and licensing issues.
• Compulsory acquisition and valuations law.
• Caveats, warrants, notices of action and other title issues.