Craig Wallace

Practice Areas

Craig Wallace is a partner in Lavan’s Planning & Environment team. Craig is a specialist in all aspects of town planning and environmental law as it pertains to property development and land use.

Craig has experience in a wide range of matters for developer and government clients including providing advice on all aspects of development approvals, environmental approvals (both state and federal), advice on strategic framework and policy documents, advocacy at all levels of the decision making process in a planning and environmental context.

Craig has also conducted environmental and planning due diligence for significant corporate transactions and defended prosecutions in the Magistrates Court brought under both the Environmental Protection Act 1986 and the Planning and Development Act 2005. He has a particular interest in the regeneration of contaminated land and has advised on all aspects of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 (CS Act), including the conduct of litigation in the Supreme Court in relation to determinations of responsibility made by the Contaminated Sites Committee.

Career

Craig has more than 20 years’ experience in his specialism working in local government, central government, boutique regeneration firms and large multi-disciplinary law practices in South Africa, the United Kingdom and Australia.