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Vasiliki Danambasis – Associate

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Mobile	0410 681 429
Facsimile	+ 61 8 8210 1234
Email	vdanambasis@normans.com.au

Environment and Planning

General capability and experience

Vasiliki joined the Norman Waterhouse Planning and Environment Team as a solicitor in November 2005 having previously gained two years legal experience in a boutique Adelaide commercial firm and the Crown Solicitor’s Office. At the Crown, Vasiliki practiced in the Administrative and Industrial Section, focusing primarily on summary prosecutions, magistrates’ appeals and merits reviews in the Administrative and Disciplinary Division of the District Court. As well as being a practising lawyer, Vasiliki has a qualification in architecture and practised in that field before studying law.

Personal strengths and achievements:

Advises and represents local government and private clients in Planning Appeals in the Environment, Resources and Development Court.
Advises on the application, operation and interpretation of the Building Rules and the Building Code of Australia.
Advises on issues of statutory interpretation and grounds for administrative review.
Advises and represents local government clients in summary prosecutions.
Strong interest in architecture, ecologically sustainable development (ESD) and issues arising in the planning and building approval process for residential, commercial, educational and hospitality projects.
Tutor and examiner in Administrative Law at the Adelaide Law School.
Currently studying for a Graduate Diploma in Urban & Regional Planning at the University of South Australia.

Education:

Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice 2004
Bachelor of Laws (Hons) 2004
Bachelor of Architecture 1998
Bachelor of Architectural Studies 1993

Area of Speciality

Architecture, ESD, urban and regional planning, building regulation, administrative law.

Memberships

Law Society of South Australia
Australian Institute of Administrative Law – Member of the Executive Committee (SA Chapter)

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