Richard C. Beasley

Admission:

NSW Bar 1997

Professional membership:

NSW Bar Association

Experience:

Admitted as a barrister and solicitor in South Australia in 1988; Admitted as a solicitor in NSW in 1992, and as a barrister in August 1997.

Areas of Expertise

• Administrative
• Banking and Finance
• Insolvency
• Commercial
• Planning and Development
• Land Valuation
• Professional Indemnity
• Compulsory Acquisition/Resumption of Land
• Mining

Of note:

NRMA v Morgan and ors;
Hunters Hill Council v Valuer-General NSW and ors [2005] NSWCA 185;
Ulan Coal v Moolanben Coal [2008] 160 LGERA 20 and [2008] 161 LGERA 391;
Xstrata Mt Owen v Maitland Main Colliers [2006] NSWSC 1235;
Ray Fittzpatrick v Minister for Planning [2007] 157 LGERA 100 and [2008] NSWLEC 161;
CSR v Hornsby Council [2004] 57 ATR 201;

Outside the Law:

Richard is the author of two best selling novels - Hell Has Harbour Views (2001) and The Ambulance Chaser (2004) - both published by Pan Macmillan. Hell was adapted as a telemovie by the ABC and first aired in 2005.

If you would like to read an extract from Richard’s novels or look at reviews, click the links below

Hell Has Harbour Views (2001)