Profile

When Alan’s great grandfather Miciaiah Parry settled in Buderim in 1888 he worked for the only Business then operating in Maroochydore, being the timber mill on the southern bank of the Maroochy River.

Commerce on the Sunshine Coast has since thrived and Alan now has an extensive Commercial Law Practice based in Maroochydore.

Educated at the Caloundra primary and secondary schools, Alan was admitted as a lawyer in 1979, and has practised in the firm’s Caloundra and Maroochydore offices for the last 28 years. In 1995 he was also admitted as a Notary Public.

Alan practices principally in the areas of commercial conveyancing/development, small business transfers (including retail shop and commercial leasing), liquor licensing, as well as Supreme Court and Land Court property related commercial litigation.

His wife, Faye, recently retired as Proprietor of the Sunshine Coast’s leading Model Agency and School of Deportment in Maroochydore, now known as “Faye Rolph Models” (FRM). After 27 years in the Business, their daughter, Monique, has now taken over the reins in partnership.

Examples of Experience

• Two consecutive successful Judicial Review Applications to the Supreme Court to resist the resumption of prime CBD land by a Local Authority;
• A successful application to the Land Court for proper financial compensation, which was subsequently held in the Land Appeal Court relating to an Acquisition of Land Act resumption of rural land by a Local Authority;
• A successful application to the Supreme Court under the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 to transfer an impaired person's assets to a Property Trust, the end beneficiary of which is a Charitable Trust, which is now operating and making significant charitable donations on the Sunshine Coast and elsewhere through Queensland and internationally;
• Significant Commercial Leases in the Maroochydore CBD for a major Developer leasing office space to the Queensland Government, Banks and other large Businesses; and
• Preparation of documents relating to the sale of a local Theme Park to a Public Company.