Meet our Team

Ben Swain is an experienced lawyer specialising in planning, environment, local government, building & construction, property and contractual law. Ben has acted for councils, corporations and private citizens in the Sydney and Hunter Valley area, often as a Solicitor advocate.
Prior to being admitted as a solicitor in 2007, Ben worked as a paralegal for nine (9) years, including within the planning, environment and local government team of a top tier law firm.
Ben was awarded the University of Technology Sydney Law Faculty Award for outstanding achievement in 2006, which included the Fragar Prize for the best performance in Local Government Law.

Ben practices in the areas of planning, environment, administrative, local government, building & construction, property and contractual law. Ben is experienced in both transactional and litigation work in these areas, and his legal experience stems from working for top tier and small legal firms since 1998.

• LL.B
• B.Bus
• GradCertLegP

• Member of the Environment and Planning Law Association NSW
• Member of Law Society of NSW