A disturbing new report released by the Australian Climate Council predicts that as many as 1 in 25 Australian properties could be uninsurable by 2030, due to the increasing incidence of destructive weather events, including bushfires, floods, and storms. The report titled ‘Uninsurable Nation: Australia’s Most Climate-Vulnerable Places’ says the predictions are even worse in […]

For most body corporate managers, a fairly ordinary looking blue and white document issued by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines may have recently appeared in mail boxes across Queensland for each of the schemes they manage.  This document will have a real effect on the wallets of lot owners. If the valuation has […]

THE NEW NORM CEASED TO TAKE EFFECT FROM SUNDAY 1 MAY, ARE YOU PREPARED? Two years ago, the State Government started to make legislative and regulatory provision in many areas of Queensland, including strata, to provide for the operational difficulties caused by COVID-19 in peoples’ daily lives. Many of these changes were contained in the […]

By Colin Grace, NSW Partner, & Sean Turner, Grace Lawyers Exploring the NSW Civil and Administrative decision of Tezel v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 74232 [2021] NSWCATCD 132. In a recent decision, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal confirmed that the two year limitation period for an owner to recover loss from an owners corporation […]