BACKGROUND

After completing his Law degree with Honours from Murdoch University in 1995, David did his articles training with Parker & Parker (now Freehills) and was admitted to practice in 1997. Subsequently, David undertook and completed a Doctoral Thesis at the University of Leiden in The Netherlands. His thesis was on Environmental Dispute Resolution, focusing on a comparative study of environmental mediation and litigation. His Doctoral degree was conferred on 13 January 2005.

David commenced working at McLeods in January 2004 and became a partner of the Firm on 1 July 2012.

EXPERIENCE

• Advice on legislative requirements, statutory interpretation and governance
• Drafting local laws
• Tender preparation and advice
• Commercial disputes
• Corruption and Crime Commission investigations
• Rates recovery
• Local government public liability 
• Planning review applications in the State Administrative Tribunal
• Planning scheme interpretation and drafting
• Recovery of developer contributions
• Contaminated sites
• Climate change
• Property related disputes
• Commercial and community leases
• Licence agreements for shared use of community facilities