For most body corporate managers (excluding those based in Brisbane*), a fairly ordinary looking blue and white document issued by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines would have recently appeared in mail boxes across Queensland for each of the schemes they manage. But what does the document mean? Annual land valuation notice An Annual land […]

The High Court of Australia has recently ruled that the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) did not have the power to resolve a dispute between residents of different States: Burns v Corbett; Burns v Gaynor [2018] HCA 15.  Australia’s Constitution reserves the power to resolve those disputes with the Courts. This may have significant […]

Come in and feel the noise: landlords to pay for rowdy tenants. Photocopies stickytaped to city lamp posts offering dirtcheap, shared-room rentals in luxury apartments could soon be a thing of the past after a landmark court ruling. Previously, landlords who crammed partying backpackers and students into houses and apartments could ignore complaints about noise, […]

Welcome aboard Jason Grace Lawyers is proud to announce the appointment of Jason Carlson as leader of their Queensland operation.  The firm has been very pleased with how things have grown since outgoing Partner James Nickless took charge some two years ago.  Since establishing the Queensland practice over 8 years ago, it has grown to […]