Event details
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Date: |
Tuesday 18 August 2009 |
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Time: |
9.00am to 12.30pm (registrations from 8.30am) |
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Venue: |
API Conference Room, 10 Beach Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria |
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Fee: |
Early Bird Member $88, Member $99, Non-member $143 |
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Background
Coastal properties across the country are under threat from a rising high water mark and coastal erosion. A CSIRO study has found that sea-levels are expected to rise by 40cm above 1990 levels BY 2050. Each centimetre rise will result in one metre of erosion on low lying beaches.
The predicted unprecedented rise in sea level and associated increasing storm activities is causing a collision between settled property law for tidal properties along the coast, much of which is held by either local councils or privately.
As the traditional high water mark is invaded by ocean and tidal waters an urgent re-examination of survey law and practice, the adequacy of existing compensation provisions, and council development control responsibilities is now needed.
This important half day forum looks at what the implications of this are for property professionals and is recommended for valuers, planners, surveyors and spatial professionals, property lawyers, councils and infrastructure agencies.
Presenters
John Sheehan LFAPI
API NSW Past President & Chair, Joint NSW/QLD Carbon Property Rights Committee, Director - SIBA
Introduction and session Chair.
Tony Wheeler
Manager, Urban Digital Elevation Model Pilot Project
Mr Wheeler will address the question of how survey law and practice will change for threatened ocean front and tidal land. He is the Manager for the Urban Digital Elevation Model project being conducted for the Department of Climate Change.
Tim Robertson SC
Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Prominent Barrister and advisor to governments, developers and conservation groups, Mr Robertson will speak on 'Gloom and dune: the erosion of property rights by global warming'.
Kirston Gerathy
Partner, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Ms Gerathy is a specialist Planning and Environment lawyer whose areas of expertise include coastal management and planning. She will discuss the topic, 'Where planning meets the sea- issues arising from development of the coastal zone'.
Peter Dempsey FAPI
Director, Dempsey Valuations and Advisory
With over 30 years experience in the property industry as a valuer Mr. Dempsey also acts as an expert witness in resumption matters and other litigation involving valuation principles and assessments. He will address the following questions relating to costal land value: Will the market of ocean front and tidal land fall? Does evidence exist of the impact of rising sea levels and increasing storm activities?