LLB, BUrbPlan
Planning, Environment & Sustainability, Property, Planning & Development, Local Government , Renewable Energy
Gerard Timbs is a Partner in the firm’s Planning, Environment & Sustainability group where he specialises in planning, environment and sustainability law including major projects, mixed use, master-planned and multi-unit residential projects, renewable energy (solar farms), agricultural and tourism developments and local, state and federal government work.
Gerard’s clients include developers, applicants, land owners, third party stake holders and Local and State Government authorities.
Gerard has been listed in the Best Lawyers in Australia 2014 to 2021 edition for Land Use and Zoning Law and Planning and Environmental Law. He is also recognised in the 2017 to 2020 edition of Doyles Guide as a Recommended lawyer in Planning & Development Law in Queensland.
Gerard is also a qualified (previously practising) town planner and the current editor of the Queensland Environmental Practice Reporter.
Gerard has extensive experience advising and acting on behalf of clients in relation to planning litigation in the Planning and Environment Court. He has provided advice on all stages of development from due diligence through to approval and construction.
Key experience includes: