Ian Tunstall Solicitor
The practice works in these areas of law:
- corporations law including company structures, securities trading and fund raising, corporate control and insolvency law
- financial services law
- trade practices law for major infrastructure and access to essential facilities
- constitutional law
- administrative law
- privacy law
- consumer law relating to industry ombudsman complaints
- water law and other related natural resources law
- pollution control law
- electricity law
- gas law
- local government law related to natural resource management
- planning law related to environmental planning for natural resource management
- litigation (advise on avoiding litigation by showing the process including court rules and costs)
underlying theme of the practice
The underlying theme of the practice is the structural underpinning and shape of laws and regulatory arrangements and reform.
Businesses are assisted by setting up companies and other incorporated bodies, registration of names, drafting of constitutions and establishing corporate governance.
Government agencies are assisted in developing regulations or other statutory instruments, revision of existing regulations and preparing regulatory assessments.
corporate and securities law
The practice focuses on compliance with laws to assist company managers to use the law to achieve their company’s objectives.
The practice works with company managers to advise on legal issues affecting their decisions, to structure arrangements to comply with company law requirements and to advise on the management of the risk of potential insolvency. Alternative solutions are proposed based on economic outcomes for the company to reduce legal costs and achieve better results for the company as a whole. Company managers are better informed of their responsibilities and compliance requirements.
The practice can assist securities operators to achieve best practice with compliance programs and structures.
constitutional and administrative law
The practice provides constitutional law advice in relation to administrative action of government organisations and agencies.
Administrative law advice involves dealing with decisions of government agencies to make sure they are legal and that policy complies with fundamental legal requirements.
The practice also assists persons who are affected by government decisions and advises on courses of action to remedy the impact or outcome of the decision including review of the merits of the decision and appeal.
Guidance manuals have been written for government agencies to direct decision-making processes and investigations consistent with natural justice.
privacy law
The practice is involved in privacy issues in the public and private sectors. Advice is given on the processes and procedures that need to be in place to ensure compliance with privacy law.
environmental law
In the environmental law area (natural resources and pollution control), the practice assists the development of new subordinate laws (i.e. regulations and environmental plans) to better manage natural resources such as water, soils and natural vegetation. Teaching programs comprise instructing environmental economists and others about environmental law.
energy law
In the energy law area (electricity, gas, hydro generation, national electricity market) the practice advises on the law dealing with supply and demand issues, supply contracts, and customer impact and responses.
The practice contributes to the Australian Energy Law and Economics Newsletter which covers the range of laws affecting the energy industry together with economic analysis of the industry in Australia.
convenience for clients
The practice delivers legal services for clients at their convenience and location recognising the demands on them and the need for timely services to deal with legal issues. Most work is done using the Internet to expedite the work at least cost to clients.
