As a landholder, you may be approached by a resource tenure holder that wants to conduct activities on your property.
What happens next?
The Queensland Law Society (QLS) has compiled some useful information about your options including legal advice, negotiation and the Land Access Ombudsman. You can find more information about these options on the QLS website –Land Access Hub.
Alternatively, The Land Court‘s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Panel can resolve disputes without a hearing.
Land Court – Resolving disputes without a hearing
The Land Court’s vision is to be an exemplary forum for specialist dispute resolution, providing exceptional public value through accessible, flexible, just, fair and innovative services and procedures. ADR is an important contribution to the court achieving that goal.
In all cases, the court encourages parties to reach agreement without the need for a hearing. It offers ADR processes to assist the parties to do so, including:
You can read more about the ADR process by visiting the Land Court website – Alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
Some of those processes may be convened by the judicial registrar or a member of the court. However, the convenor might be drawn from its ADR panel of specialist convenors.
ADR panel of convenors
The Land Court has put together a carefully selected panel of convenors to help parties find a suitably qualified convenor to assist them to resolve their disputes without the need for a hearing. Their additional qualifications and experience mean the convenors will have a better understanding of:
- the circumstances of the parties and the issues likely to arise in their disputes
- the options to resolve the disputes
- the court’s processes, if the case must be heard by the court
You can read more about the ADR Panel of convenors by visiting the Land Court website – ADR Panel of Convenors.