Ian Wright

Background

About Ian Wright

Ian Wright is the leader and Senior Partner of Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers Planning Government Infrastructure and Environment group, who are the trusted partners of public and private sector entities, for whom we are the legal and policy designers of strategic and tactical solutions to exceptionally challenging problems in our chosen fields of planning, government, infrastructure and environment. Ian is a multidisciplinary lawyer holding, in addition to a Bachelor of Laws (Hons), a Bachelor of Arts (Geography and Economics) and a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning. Ian is an expert planning, government, infrastructure and environment solicitor with extensive experience in the provision of planning, government, infrastructure and environmental law advice, the drafting of land use and infrastructure planning instruments, the drafting of State and local government statutory instruments and the conduct of planning, environmental and public law litigation. Ian has prepared State government legislation including the Urban Land Development Authority Act 2007 and State Planning Regulatory Provisions for various Regional Plans as well as amendments to the Integrated Planning Act 1997, Brisbane Casino Agreement Act 1983, Jupiters Casino Agreement Act 1983 and Breakwater Island Casino Agreement Act 1984. Ian is a Certified Practising Planner (CPP) member of the Planning Institute of Australia, a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) and a former President of the Queensland Environmental Law Association. Ian was a lecturer in Environmental Law and Assessment at the Queensland University of Technology's Department of Built Environment and Engineering from 1993 to 2015 and was a lecturer in Planning Law at the University of Queensland from 1997 to 2005.