Best Hooper Lawyers
Best Hooper’s areas of expertise encompass planning and local government law, commercial and corporations law, dispute resolution and the legal aspects of property development. The synergies we derive from these core areas of practice together with our structure as a boutique firm enable our practitioners to remain accessible to our clients and offer timely and accurate legal services with comparatively cost effective fee structures. Our planning and local government lawyers advise on a range of areas, including the preparation of planning permit applications, section 173 agreements, applications for enforcement orders and prosecutions, liquor licensing, amendments to planning schemes and environmental law. They also advise in relation to restrictive covenants, easements, compulsory acquisitions and land compensation, and appeals against valuations in rates notices and land tax notices. Our dispute resolution team's focus includes corporation disputes, trade practices claims, contractual disputes, will disputes, partnership disputes, encroachment claims, adverse possession, trespass, administrative law, bankruptcy and insolvency matters, and professional and personal negligence claims. We also have expertise in sales and the purchase of real estate, land subdivision and property development, real estate leases and licences, company mergers and acquisitions, sale and purchase of businesses, finance and securities and partnerships and trusts.
