Tim George
Clayton Utz
Doyle's Guide Commercial Litigation & Insolvency Law Rising Stars
– Queensland, 2025
Tim regularly advises government and private clients in relation to high-stakes, complex litigation, including property and contractual disputes, financial services, regulatory action, personal injury, fraud and nuisance and negligence claims. He has experience across a large cross-section of jurisdictions and Courts. Tim has significant experience in the energy and resources and property industries and his expertise includes managing high-stakes enforcement actions, regulatory compliance issues, and statutory proceedings across multiple jurisdictions.
North Queensland Export Terminal (NQXT): Successfully acted for NQXT in proceedings that went to the High Court on the question of whether NQXT was entitled to the fees that it had sought to charge the users of the terminal and whether it had acted unconscionably in its dealings with four of the users of the terminal (>$300 million).
QIC and GPT: Defended QIC and GPT against allegations of misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to the entry into leases at a property that was being planned for redevelopment. The plaintiff claimed approximately $20 million in damages and lost revenue and was resolved before trial for a favourable settlement.
Recycling Developments: Successfully opposed an application for an injunction seeking the restraint of the termination of a licence agreement which allowed the applicant to carry out a waste recycling plant on land owned by the respondents. The matter included a consideration and analysis of whether the applicant was acting in compliance with an environmental permit that had been issued to the respondents under the Environmental Protection Act.
Commonwealth Government: Acted in relation to proceedings commenced against the Government in relation to the abandonment of a refugee centre at Wickham Point in the Northern Territory. The proceeding concerned issues of equitable estoppel in the context of a lease agreement, as well as issues regarding holding-over and make good after termination of the lease.
State of Western Australia: Successfully acted for the State in over-turning orders that had been sought ex parte by two entities owned by Clive Palmer, Mineralogy Pty Ltd and International Minerals Pty Ltd.
Department of Defence: Advised and acted for the Department in relation to several matters, including in relation to historical sexual abuse allegations and in relation to the cancellation of contracts providing for the acquisition of military equipment.
City of Gold Coast: Acted for Council in proceedings brought against it by a landowner in relation to a claim for nuisance and negligence, stemming from the removal of a sea bund, which the land owner alleged had a deleterious impact on the value of its property. The proceedings was discontinued with no order as to costs.
Queensland Rail: Successfully acted for Queensland Rail in two separate matters relating to: 1) a claim for nuisance brought against Queensland Rail in relation to an embankment that gave way during the 2011 floods; and 2) an application for a statutory right of user under section 180 of the Property Law Act to allow the applicant to construct a level crossing over the rail line to its property outside of Dalby.
National Storage: Prepared the CEO, CFO, (former) General Counsel and Company Secretary for ASIC examinations in relation to allegations (which were dropped) of breach of non-disclosure obligations.
Morgans Financial Limited: Preparing senior executives for the first public examination pursuant to s.596 of the Corporations Act to be instituted by a private shareholder in Australia.