Tania has been a partner of the firm since 2006 having first joined Best Hooper in 2000 after completing a Bachelor of Law (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts. Tania predominately practises in town planning lawyer and property law acting for a broad range of developer and private sector clients and local government clients.
Tania is a member of the Victorian Planning and Environment Law Association (VPELA), Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA), Australian Property Developer’s Association, and the Law Institute of Victoria.
Tania regularly appears as an advocate at VCAT in the Planning and Environment List and at planning panel hearings and advisory committees. Tania has broad experience in both planning and property related matters including in relation to:
- Strategic and statutory planning, greenfield planning, infrastructure contributions, contamination, aboriginal cultural heritage and flooding;
- Assisting developers in all types of planning permit applications;
- Appeals at VCAT involving planning, environmental, flooding, contamination and heritage matters;
- Planning Scheme Amendments;
- Providing advice on planning issues in relation to due diligence;
- Applications to vary/remove restrictive covenants including the Supreme Court and covenant interpretation;
- Section 173 Agreements (preparation, ending, and amending)
- Existing use rights;
- Magistrates’ Court planning prosecutions and application for enforcement orders for both municipal councils and respondents;
- Compulsory acquisition, financial loss claims and valuation disputes.
Tania has been recognised in the Doyle’s Guide since 2016 and in 2023 and 2024 she was recognised as a Leading Lawyer in Planning and Environment Law by Doyle’s Guide and a Preeminent Lawyer in 2022. Tania was also recognised in the Best Lawyers in Australia list in 2023, 2024 and 2025 for her work in Land Use and Zoning Law and Planning and Environment Lawyer.
