MacDonnells Law has a long association with the Queensland State Government, government owned corporations and other statutory authorities.  The MacDonnells Law state-wide Government team provides specialist legal services to public service and infrastructure providers throughout Queensland.  Our clients include Queensland Rail (property and industrial relations divisions), WorkCover Queensland, large State Port Authorities, Ergon Energy and others.

The areas in which MacDonnells Law’s expert Government lawyers (solicitors) provide legal services to government include:

• prosecutions on behalf of statutory bodies
• statutory interpretation and advice
• defending actions and general advocacy
• compulsory acquisition of land tenures
• property dealings and advice
• infrastructure projects, including tenure requirements and construction
• all dealings involving State leases and State land tenures
• commercial government contracts
• risk management and legal compliance
• industrial relations and workplace investigations
• insurance law
• governance and probity advice

MacDonnells Law is also a long term provider of expert legal services to Queensland local governments.  For more information, please see our local government page.