Contact Details
dnicholson@mcleods.com.au
PH: 9424 6221
Practice Areas
Planning, environment and heritage
Property and development
Administrative law and governance
Commercial law
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
Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons) – Murdoch University (1995)
Bachelor of Asian Studies – Murdoch University (1995)
Doctor of Philosophy (Law) – University of Leiden, The Netherlands (2005)