Category: Body Corporate Law
ABKJ Lawyers have been involved in large and complex Body Corporate transactions and disputes for many years, representing Managers, Body Corporate Committees and individual unit holders during this time. Here we’ve included a number of articles on recent Body Corporate matters both locally and nationally. If you have a legal issue relating to Body Corporate Law, contact ABKJ Lawyers.
Last year, we published an article about tips for making reasonable Body Corporate decisions. The leading case in the area was the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) decision of Re Body Corporate for Viridian; Kjerulf Ainsworth & Ors v Martin Albrecht & Anor [2014] QCATA 294. However, the lot owner in that matter appealed the QCAT decision to the Supreme Court (Albrecht v Ainsworth & Ors [2015] QCA 220 (Viridian)) and the Supreme Court recently handed down its appeal decision. The appeal reversed the earlier QCAT decision and clarified the law in this area. Bodies Corporate and Committees make… Continue Reading
Bodies Corporate and Committees make decision on countless different matters relating to the administration of their scheme, including: Providing or denying consents or approvals for matters prescribed in the by-laws, such as pet applications or renovation requests; Considering payment plans or requests for discounts or the waiver of penalties from lot owners in respect of body corporate levies; Enforcing breaches of by-laws; and Considering proposals contemplated by the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (Qld) (BCCMA), such as a request by a lot owner that the Body Corporate grant that owner a right to exclusively use a particular area… Continue Reading
OVERVIEW OF WORKCOVER SCHEME The Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) (“Workcover Act”) establishes a workers’ compensation scheme for Queensland, the purpose of which is to provide benefits to workers in respect of workplace injuries or fatalities and to encourage improved health and safety performance by employers. The main provisions of the scheme provide the following for injuries sustained by workers in their employment: (a) compensation; (b) regulation of access to damages; (c) employers’ liability for compensation; (d) employers’ obligation to be covered against liability for compensation and damages either under a WorkCover insurance policy or under a licence… Continue Reading
