Profile of Rosanne Meurling

Rosanne Meurling

Special Counsel, BCom LLB (Hons) LLM MPIA (Hon Fellow)

About Rosanne Meurling

Rosanne practices in the areas of town planning, environmental, heritage and compulsory acquisition law.

She has a keen interest in, and knowledge of, town planning law, being one of the original authors of Planning and Development Queensland, an online publication about the planning legislation.

Rosanne's experience includes:

  • providing planning and environmental advice, conducting litigation and negotiating and drafting infrastructure agreements with respect to residential, retail, commercial, industrial and infrastructure projects.
  • local and state heritage matters, including responding to heritage listings, applying for exemption certificates, negotiating and preparing heritage agreements and advising on the redevelopment of heritage places.
  • acting for owners of resumed land, including providing advice, conducting litigation and negotiating and drafting settlement agreements related to compensation.

Rosanne has represented clients in relation to planning and environmental matters in the Planning and Environment Court, the Court of Appeal and the Magistrates Court, and in relation to compulsory acquisition matters in the Land Court of Queensland.

She is a member of the Planning and Infrastructure Committee of the Property Council of Australia (Qld Division), an Honorary Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia, a member of the Planning and Environment Law Committee of the Queensland Law Society and a member of the Legislative Review Subcommittee of the Queensland Environmental Law Association.