Environment and Planning: New Act, New Trends and Fresh Decisions
Issues covered include: Environment Protection Amendment Act, environment duty, Environment Protection Act, VCAT, environmental due diligence, environmental warranties, environmental indemnities
Description
The new Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018 will have a significant impact on Victoria’s regulatory framework. Get ahead by equipping yourself with the latest information and strategies related to the new guidelines, legal trends and game-changing cases through practical guidance and in-depth examinations of recent developments from leaders in the field.
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Substantive Law
This seminar was recorded in VIC on 7 March 2019
Chair: Juliet Forsyth, Barrister, Foley’s List; Leading Planning & Environment Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2018
9.00am to 10.00am: NEW LAW: Review of the Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018
- 3rd party rights regime
- Licensing and permissions
- Contaminated land and waste management
- New powers of Environment Protection Authority
- Development of Environmental Reference Standards and Codes
Presented by Jeff Lynn, Partner, Ashurst; Recommended Environment & Climate Change Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018, Best Lawyers 2019, Climate Change, Planning and Environmental Law
10.00am to 11.00am: NEW LAW: The New Environment Duty
- The general environment duty (GED) under the new Environment Protection Act 2018 (VIC)
- What can be learned from jurisprudence in other jurisdictions?
- What does ‘reasonably practicable’ mean?
- Who bears the onus of proof?
- What defences are available?
- What practical risk management measures should be adopted now?
Presented by Louise Martin, Barrister, Foley’s List
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: Update of VCAT and Supreme Court Planning Decisions
- Minimum garden areas: Where are we now?
- Significant Supreme Court and VCAT decisions from 2018
Presented by Sarah Porritt, Barrister, Young’s List; author, Planning and Environment Victoria, LexisNexis
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Environmental Advice in Corporate and Projects Transactions: Practical Tips and Update on Developments and Trends
- Conducting environmental due diligence: advising on scope, liability, appointment of environmental consultants and common exclusions
- Emerging issues in environmental due diligence with a focus on renewables and transport sectors
- Environmental warranties and indemnities
Presented by Gabrielle Guthrie, Principal Lawyer, Guthrie Legal