Leading the firm’s local government industry group and planning and environment team, Troy practises in local government, planning and environment law focusing on planning and environment litigation, infrastructure agreements, Local Government Act advisory, judicial review and health prosecutions.

Troy acts for local governments, state governments and developers.

His experience includes appeals and enforcement proceedings in the Planning and Environment Court, advising on planning, environmental and building issues, drafting and negotiating infrastructure agreements, advising on governance and rating matters for local governments and health prosecutions.

Troy reviews planning strategies in draft planning instruments, advises on administrative law including applications for statutory orders of review and on the enforcement of statutory notices, development offences, vegetation clearing and public health laws.

Troy is renowned for his expert knowledge of the Local Government Act 2009 (QLD) particularly with councillor and staff governance obligations, elections, enterprise powers, roads, rating, procurement, powers of entry and delegations.

Troy actively participates in peak industries bodies across Queensland as a member of Queensland Law Society’s Planning and Environment Law Committee and also keeps an active membership with the Queensland Environmental Law Association.

Read about Troy’s latest publications:

  Procedural fairness in enforcement matters: Defendant’s understanding

  Securing lawful uses: navigating existing use rights in changing planning schemes

  Trunk vs Non-Trunk: Guidance from the Court on infrastructure conditions

  From clean-up to compliance – new amendments to the contaminated land provisions