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• Local Government Law

• Planning Law

• Environmental Law

• Property Law

• Valuation Law and Compulsory Acquisition of Land

• Commercial Law and Commercial Litigation

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Property Law

Pikes regularly provides advice to both local government and private clients with respect to property law including:

• drafting commercial leases of all kinds including leases of 99 year terms;
• dealing with stratum and strata title, the creation and registration of stratum and strata titles, neighbourhood plans, community plans, the dedication of community open space, libraries and cultural facilities, the stratum development of council-owned properties for lease or sale;
• conducting proceedings in class 3 of the jurisdiction of the Land and Environment Court in relation to appeals against determinations of values on compulsory acquisitions;
• advising and acting on negotiated compulsory acquisitions and contested compulsory acquisitions;
• sales and purchases of residential, commercial and industrial land;
• sales of closed roads, drainage easements and unused open space; and
• leases and licences of ovals, parks, community facilities, commercial, residential and industrial property owned by councils.

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