Regulatory Investigations

Our notable and relevant experience includes:

• Acted on several occassions for financial advisers in investigations by ASIC relating to section 920A Corporations Act banning notices, alleged breaches of the National Credit Code, and associated criminal prosecutions
• Acted for a large private chemicals company in relation to various regulatory investigations and prosecutions, such as a Department of Environment investigation relating to a significant diesel spill and a Worksafe investigation relating to a boiler explosion
• Acted for a landowner in relation to a prosecution in the State Administrative Tribunal by a local government for failing to abide a direction 
• Acted for a pastoral lessee in an investigation by the Department of Environmental Regulation relating to clearing of native vegetation
• Acted for mining companies in investigations and prosecutions by the Department of Mines and Petroleum relating to mine site accidents
• Acted for a tourism operator in defence of a prosecution under the Conservation and Land Management Act relating to conducting tours within a wildlife exclusion zone
• Acted for a tourism operator in defence of a local government prosecution relating to use of a jetty at a restricted location