Corrs Chambers Westgarth has welcomed Brian McMurdo as a special counsel in the firm’s Perth office. He was previously at Lavan Legal.

McMurdo’s areas of expertise include native title, Aboriginal heritage and land acquisition arrangements and his clients include the WA Government, which he has advised in relation to land acquisition issues for stage two of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme; he was also a key strategic advisor on land acquisition issues concerning the construction of the Perth to Mandurah Railway.