Many pitfalls and complications can arise in dealing with farms or rural properties. Our lawyers have the expertise and industry knowledge to guide you through the many day to day and strategic issues which you will have to navigate as a farmer, business owner or landowner in the agricultural or rural sector.

We will work closely with you to gain a full understanding of your business and the issues affecting the rural and farming sectors, to provide tailored legal advice specific to your needs. Our approach minimises the stress involved in dealing with a legal issue, allowing you to focus on the growth of your own business.

Farming and Agribusiness

We can advise you in relation to:

  • Buying and selling farms and farming properties, including sugarcane, cattle (beef and dairy), grains, cotton, small crops, etc.

  • Preparing Share Farming Arrangements

  • Preparing Partnership Agreements

  • Preparing Joint Venture Agreements

  • Preparing Shareholders Agreements

  • Leasing your farm or farming equipment

  • Business Structuring

  • Asset Protection

  • Sale and purchase of livestock, permits and machinery associated with the change of ownership of pastoral land

  • The Personal Property Securities Regime

  • Workplace health and safety issues, including advice on procedural issues pursuant to the Work Health and Safety Act

  • Employment law issues such as salary and wage negotiations, enterprise bargaining, employment contracts and working with contractors and subcontractors

  • Industrial Relations issues including termination issues and unfair dismissal claims

  • Disputes and court cases including liability claims such as WorkCover claims, disputes with contractors and debt collection

  • Environmental Law issues, for example licensing issues with the Environmental Protection Act

  • Succession planning and intergenerational farm transfers

  • Will/s & Estate Planning

  • Family Law Matters

  • Establishing a Self Managed Superannuation Fund

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Rural land

We offer expert advice relating to:

  • Rural residential and non-residential subdivisions

  • Land titling issues, both freehold land and crown leasehold land

  • Applications to government departments to convert crown leasehold land into freehold land

  • Procedural issues under the Water Act and regulations, including transferring water licences/allocations, subdividing parts of water allocations and disputes regarding water licences/allocations with third parties and government agencies

  • Resumption disputes (such as those under the Acquisition of Land Act) by local governments and government owned corporations

  • Mining exploration permits and the implication of those permits pursuant to the Mineral Resources Act and related regulations

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We are local lawyers

With long standing links to the rural and farming communities and we understand the pressures that you are faced with. Contact us today for more information on how we can help you.