Thomsons

Environment and Planning

Partner

Joanna acts for private individuals, corporations of all sizes and government entities in all matters regarding the use and development of land.

Her practice covers both advisory and litigious work: approvals, regulatory compliance, contested applications and Court appeals. She provides strategy, advocacy and representation in contested proceedings. Her matters span residential, mixed-use, commercial and infrastructure development across metropolitan and regional New South Wales.

Joanna acts on matters where the legal and commercial stakes are significant: proceedings requiring precise analysis, complex approvals which require an understanding of the legal framework and commercial drivers, and major project work. She is engaged where the regulatory environment is complex, where opposition requires robust advocacy, and where clients need a decisive and structured approach to achieve development outcomes.

Joanna combines technical planning law knowledge with a practical focus on outcomes. She takes carriage of matters requiring specialist expertise, including matters where a high level of precision and advocacy is required. Her work on precedent-setting judgments demonstrates both her command of the legal framework and her ability to identify and prosecute the arguments that produce great results.

• Environmental Planning Law Association (Committee Member)

• Environmental Law Report (Sub-Editor)

• Diverse Women in Law

• Juris Doctor (University of Sydney)

• Accredited Specialist – Planning and Environmental Law