Nathan Street, Lawyer, Abetz Curtis Lawyers
Nathan graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Laws in 2011. He completed the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice and was admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Tasmanian Supreme Court in 2012.
Nathan practices principally in the areas of planning and local government and assists with the following:
- appearing on behalf of councils and individuals before the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal;
- the provision of advice on the construction and application and interpretation of planning schemes;
- amendments to planning schemes before the Tasmanian Planning Commission;
- the enforcement of planning scheme provisions;
- the creation and ending of Part 5 agreements pursuant to the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993;
- prosecuting and defending matters under the Dog Control Act 2000, including dangerous dog applications;
- advice in relation to the status of roads and Council’s liability to maintain them;
- the enforcement of matters pursuant to the Building Act 2016, including building and plumbing orders;
- the formation and certification of by-laws;
- the enforcement of food safety regulations;
- compulsory acquisition; and
- the issuing of, and advice relating to, environment protection notices and other matters under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994.
Nathan also works in the area of general civil litigation, acting for individual and corporate clients such as local councils and insurers in miscellaneous civil claims.
Following his admission to the Supreme Court in 2012, Nathan was appointed to the role of Associate to the Chief Justice of Tasmania, the Honourable Ewan Crawford AC. On the retirement of the Honourable Chief Justice, Nathan became the Associate to the newly appointed Honourable Justice Stephen Estcourt QC.
Nathan has extensive experience in matters of criminal law, in both the Magistrates Court and Supreme Court of Tasmania. On completing his associateship, Nathan moved to the North-West Tasmanian city of Burnie and was employed by the Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania.
Following his time with the Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania, Nathan moved to the United Kingdom to broaden his professional experience. He worked as a prosecution lawyer in local government for the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. He provided detailed advice on prosecutions, prepared files for Crown Court hearings and regularly appeared in local Magistrates Courts throughout London. Nathan prosecuted matters relating to planning enforcement, food safety, dog control, intellectual property infringement, fraud and environmental nuisance offences.
On returning to Tasmania Nathan immediately commenced at Abetz Curtis.
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