QLD Property Law Bundle

Earn All 10 CPD Points with Our QLD Property Law Bundle!

Maximise your learning with two of our bestselling programs.

Start with the Strata: Drafting By-Laws Intensive recording, a step-by-step guide to drafting clear, compliant, and enforceable bylaws. Covering key legal principles, enforcement strategies, and practical drafting techniques, this session ensures you have the knowledge to shape effective strata governance. Watch it anytime, anywhere.

Then, join us live online for the Property Law Symposium, where leading experts will unpack the latest on unfair contracts, tax, co-owned property, MITs, and more.

Don’t miss this chance to gain key insights and secure your full 10 CPD points.

Description

Attend both sessions and earn 10 CPD units including: 
6 units in Substantive Law 
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility 
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills 
2 units in Professional Skills
These programs are based on QLD legislation

Strata: Drafting By-Laws Intensive

Friday, 25 October 2024

Even a seemingly minor change such as adding or deleting a word can jeopardise the validity and enforceability of your by-law! Don’t risk it! Benefit from this step-by-step guide and ensure your bylaws are drafted with clarity, accuracy and compliance in mind. From legal principles and enforcement strategies to practical tips for drafting clear and enforceable regulations, gain insights into crucial aspects of governance that shape harmonious strata communities.

Chair:

Carlos Mobellan, Barrister and Mediator, Third Floor St James Hall Chambers

2.00pm to 3.00pm By Laws: Breaking Down the Legal Principles and Requirements

 

  • Essential elements of valid by-laws
  • Restrictions and limitations: fraud on a power
  • Procedures for making and amending by-laws
  • Enforcement mechanisms and penalties for breaches

Presented by Bede Haines, Barrister, University Chambers

4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
4.15pm to 5.15pm A Deep Dive into Essential By-Laws for Strata Living


Explore crucial by-laws that shape community living within strata properties and considerations for emerging technologies. Breakdown essential guidelines that contribute to harmonious and well-managed strata communities as you examine:  

  • By-laws related to common property usage
  • By-laws governing pets
  • Noise control and nuisance management
  • By-laws related to short-term rentals
  • Technological considerations (e.g., security cameras, internet usage)

Presented by David Sachs, Principal, Sachs Gerace Lawyers

Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm Your Guide to Drafting Clear and Enforceable By-Laws

 

  • Principles of clear legal writing
  • Common pitfalls in drafting by-laws and how to avoid them
  • Practical tips for drafting enforceable by-laws

Presented by Allison Benson, Principal, Kerin Benson Lawyers; ACSL Fellow

Description

Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:
2 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Professional Skills

This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories 

Presenters

Carlos Mobellan, Barrister and Mediator, Third Floor St James Hall Chambers
Carlos is a barrister who specialises in building cases with an emphasis on matters arising under the Home Building Act 1989, the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999, the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 and the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020. Carlos was admitted as a solicitor in 1997 and was called to the Bar in 2004 where he was awarded the Bar Practice Course prize. Carlos has appeared for and against home owners, Owners Corporations, builders, government agencies and property development companies.

Bede Haines, Barrister, University Chambers
Bede Haines undertakes a diverse range of work including litigating and advising on property disputes, contractual disputes, trade practices and insolvency matters. His experience includes: representing and advising in respect of property disputes including over sale of land contracts, leases, easements, options, service of notices, contracts and property rights; advising property developers, superannuation funds, corporate trustees, large landholders and significant investors in respect of property rights and property disputes; developing strategy in respect of termination of contracts and bespoke contractual clauses to deal with matters which otherwise may often give rise to litigation; conducting a litigation in the Supreme Court, Federal Court, High Court and other courts and tribunals; providing advice in respect of trade practices issues, insolvency issues and debt issues including debt recovery.

Allison Benson, Principal, Kerin Benson Lawyers
Allison is a strata & community titles lawyer who has provided general advice, acted in disputes, including building defect disputes, and worked with clients in preparing and enforcing by-laws and strata management statements since 2008. From 2012, Allison has acted exclusively on behalf of owners corporations, associations and lot owners in respect of providing advice and acting in strata and community association disputes and also in respect of building and construction disputes.

David Sachs, Principal, Sachs Gerace Lawyers
David Sachs has been a litigation solicitor for 35 years. David co-founded Sachs Gerace Lawyers in 2000 and has been its sole principal since 2005. The firm specialises in strata law, construction law, and complex property matters. Prior to starting Sachs Gerace Lawyers, David held senior positions at the Australian Government Solicitor and Tress Cocks & Maddox. David has a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws from the University of New South Wales.

 

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Property Law Symposium 2025

Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Get ready to tackle the potential weaknesses of your property law practice head-on. Gain crucial insights into unfair contract terms that can ensnare both tenants and landlords and learn how to shield your clients from these risks. Unpack co-owned property divisions and master compliance with the latest regulations surrounding managed investment trusts (MITs) and property trusts. With a focus on state tax developments, you’ll uncover strategies that transform potential tax pitfalls into profitable opportunities for your clients. Equip yourself with the confidence and expertise to navigate the dynamic challenges of property law and tick off your mandatory CPD units!

Description

Attend and earn 7 CPD units including: 
4 units in Substantive Law 
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility 
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills 
1 unit in Professional Skills
This program is based on QLD legislation

Session 1: 2025 Property Insights: Market Trends, Unfair Contracts, and Legal Updates

Chair: Clinton Mohr, Principal, Clinton Mohr Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Property Law

9.00am to 9.20am Property Market Update: Setting the Scene in 2025

 

  • Insights into current market conditions for office, industrial and retail spaces
  • The latest economic indicators, trends in rent and trends in yields
  • Supply and vacancy data
  • Analysis of the current market, possible trends to come, and the potential impact on the commercial leasing space 

Presented by Jake McKinnon, National Research Manager, Cushman & Wakefield

10.50am to 11.05am Morning Tea
11.05am to 11.50am Queensland Property Taxes: What's New, Where are the Opportunities?

 

  • Recent updates to stamp duty and land tax in Queensland
  • Navigating the traps and finding the opportunities in Queensland land tax and duty law
  • Foreign property owners and developers:  tax and duty surcharges and opportunities to manage them 

Presented by James Petterson, Partner - State Taxes, Deloitte

11.50am to 12.35pm Tax and Property: Investing in Australia via Managed Investment Trusts

 

  • Income tax, GST and state tax implications associated with investing via MIT structures
  • Clean building concessions
  • Build-to-Rent (BTR) concessions
  • Key tax levers and how they impact key commercial considerations for domestic and foreign investors 

Presented by Leisa Rafter, Partner, BDO Australia, and Eileen Tsai, Director, BDO Australia 

Professional Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm Navigating Caveats and Freezing Orders Over Property

 

Explore the practical and procedural aspects of caveats and freezing orders over property, focusing on: 

  • The varying relationships between freezing orders and caveats across different states, highlighting jurisdictional differences
  • Determining priorities between competing caveats where equity in property is insufficient to cover all interests
  • Key requirements and strategies for successfully applying to extend a lapsed caveat, ensuring continued protection of your client's interest in the property. 

Presented by Jason Wang, Barrister, Quay 11 Chambers

9.20am to 10.05am Unfair Contract Terms and the Implication on Leasing Transactions

 

  • Application to leasing
  • Examples of unfair contract terms in leases
  • Managing risk to landlords and tenants 

Presented by Sasha Vleeshouwer, Special Counsel, Sparke Helmore Lawyers 

10.05am to 10.50am Sale and Division of Co-owned Property Under the Property Law Act 2023

 

  • Co-ownership under the new Act
  • The new regime for the sale or division of co-owned property
  • Changes to appointing trustees for sale or division
  • Orders for compensation and accounting 

Presented by Graham W Dietz, Barrister, George Street Chambers

12.35pm to 1.20pm Recent Property Law Cases to be Aware Of

 

Consider recent notable property law cases in Queensland and elsewhere, including in relation to: 

  • Options
  • Penalties
  • Permitted use
  • Cryptocurrency 

Presented by Mark Steele KC, Northbank Chambers

Presenters

Leisa Rafter, Partner, BDO Australia
Leisa Rafter has specialised in the field of indirect tax for over 18 years and has a wealth of experience advising clients on their business and commercial matters. As both an admitted legal practitioner and an Accountant, Leisa has the ability to provide comprehensive commercial advice to her Clients. Leisa has worked on some of Queensland and Australia's significant transactions and she has provided services to many of Australia's top 50 (ASX50) listed companies. Leisa has acted for a variety of foreign syndicates providing stamp duty, GST and structuring advice for significant land and agricultural acquisitions.

Matthew Ray, Principal, Craig Ray & Associates
Matthew Ray is one of our principals. Matthew practices in the areas of property, wills and estates and family law, together with other general personal law matters. He graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, and attained a Master of Laws in 2018, at which time he was admitted to the University of Queensland’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law Dean’s Honour Roll for outstanding academic excellence. From 2017 to 2019 Matthew was a nationally accredited Mediator, under the Australian National Mediator Standards. Matthew’s post graduate studies have focused on estate planning and elder law, estate litigation and disputes, electronic commerce law and reforms and developments in property law. Matthew’s continuing involvement in higher education has seen him take on the role of an adjunct oral assessor at the College of Law, of which he is an alum. Matthew has extensive experience in project management, leadership of teams and working in the not-for-profit sector (including on state boards). Matthew was one of the inaugural members of the PEXA Member Advisory Council, working with colleagues across the state and representatives from PEXA, towards the continual improvement of the innovative property law settlement platform.

Clinton Mohr, Principal, Clinton Mohr Lawyers
Clinton was admitted as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1991 and worked at a number of large commercial firms before commencing practice in his own firm. While Clinton is an accredited specialist in property law, his broad experience across all areas of commercial, property and business law, allows him to apply a holistic approach to his clients’ legal issues. The best possible legal result is going to come from providing advice with an understanding of how one area of the law affects and interacts with related areas of law that may play a part in the solution. Clinton’s experience with a broad client base has also given him an excellent understanding of a number of industries, which he uses to cater for client’s needs in a cost effective manner. Clinton specialises in property and planning & environment law and has over fifteen years experience in advising clients in the areas of development, town planning, community title, contaminated land and leasing.

Jake McKinnon, National Research Manager, Cushman & Wakefield
Jake McKinnon is a research professional at Cushman and Wakefield, a global commercial real estate firm. After obtaining his degree in Urban and Environmental Planning, he worked in property consulting industry with a focus on property research, spatial analysis, demographics and planning. Jake then moved into commercial real estate research and advisory where he currently leads Queensland research for Cushman and Wakefield.

Sasha Vleeshouwer, Special Counsel, Sparke Helmore Lawyers
Sasha advises clients on a range of property transactions, including acquisitions and disposals of commercial and industrial sites, retail and commercial leasing, and property development. She has experience in rural transactions, including acquisitions and disposals of rural land, water rights dealings and rural leases, and regularly assists clients with other matters related to their property interests, such as business acquisitions and disposals, and share transactions. Sasha is involved in Sparke Helmore's Pro Bono Program, including the Salvation Army Wills program and assisting non-profits on a range of matters, including the negotiation of a lease and the acquisition of rainforest land for conservation.

Graham W Dietz, Barrister, George Street Chambers
Since admission to the legal profession in 2001, Graham has practised extensively in the areas of commercial litigation and insolvency. At the private bar, Graham has represented parties in a broad range of commercial disputes (including shareholder, partnership, joint venture, franchising, trust, contractual, real property, banking and finance, and employment disputes), all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency matters (including winding-up and liquidation, voluntary administration, bankruptcy, acting both for and against insolvency practitioners, directors, shareholders and creditors, professional negligence, professional misconduct, disciplinary and contempt proceedings and solicitor-client retainer and costs disputes. Graham has appeared for parties in all Queensland Courts and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT), the Federal Courts, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Graham was recognised as an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation by the Queensland Law Society between 2010 and 2017 and has been listed in Doyle’s Guide as both leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Junior Counsel – Queensland (from 2015 to date) and leading Insolvency & Reconstruction Junior Counsel – Queensland (from 2016 to date).

James Petterson, Partner - State Taxes, Deloitte
James Patterson is a State Taxes specialist in Deloitte's indirect taxes group in Brisbane, with over 17 years taxation experience. James advises on stamp duty planning in relation to corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and other transactions across a broad range of industries including: property and infrastructure, banking and insurance, media and telecommunications, manufacturing, utilities and mining. Over the years, James has assisted both private sector and Government clients in relation to state taxes matters. In addition to stamp duty, James also advises on payroll tax, land tax and state mining royalty matters. James advises on state taxes matters across all Australian jurisdictions.

Eileen Tsai, Director, BDO Australia
Eileen is a Director in BDO Brisbane’s corporate and international tax division. She has worked in the industry for over 10 years and has expertise with the provision of technical taxation advice to ASX listed entities, multinational corporations and large privately owned corporate groups. Eileen works closely with a wide range of clients, across a range of industries, obtaining an in-depth understanding to ensure she can provide tailored taxation advice that meets their specific needs.

Mark Steele KC, Northbank Chambers
Mark Steele has been in private practice at the Queensland Bar since 2005. He practises predominantly in commercial, building, succession and administrative law. Before coming to the Bar, Mark worked for two large national law firms, and before that he worked for the BSE Inquiry in the United Kingdom.

Jason Wang, Barrister, Quay 11 Chambers
Jason is a barrister and nationally accredited mediator. He was admitted to practice in 2019 and called to the Bar in 2022. Prior to the Bar, Jason worked in legal and financial roles across Australia, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. Jason has a broad commercial practice and has represented lenders, private companies, and individuals in the Supreme Court of Queensland and the Federal Court of Australia. He has advised on cases in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and New Zealand. Jason holds an MSc in Law and Finance from the University of Oxford, where he won the MLF Prize for Best Overall Performance. He also holds a Bachelor's in Law and Commerce (Honours) from The University of Queensland, where he teaches corporate law and ethics. Jason speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.

Ian Lockhart, Partner, MinterEllison
Ian is a finance partner in the Brisbane office of Minter Ellison and acts for Australian and foreign banks, credit unions and mutual banks, government and listed entities. His practice spans consumer credit, privacy, financial services, licensing, compliance with APRA prudential standards and anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing compliance. His background in corporate finance also means that he can also bring a transactional perspective to the application of regulatory compliance obligations. Ian is a current member of the Banking and Financial Services Law Committee of the Queensland Law Society and served as the chair of that committee until recently for a period of 6 years.

Jason Dudley, Barrister, 35 West Chambers
Jason is a barrister with a broad commercial and civil practice. He was admitted to the profession in 2014 and called to the bar in 2019. His clients have included “big four” banks, local councils, liquidators, companies, strata bodies corporate and private individuals. He acts and advises in matters involving bankruptcy and insolvency, building and construction, contractual and property disputes, trusts, equity, professional negligence, corporations law and competition and consumer law. A notable property dispute in which he is currently briefed concerns the novel application of the right to property under the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld), which is set to be heard by the Court of Appeal this year. Jason also has experience in criminal matters, and has acted in a high-profile terrorism case, and appeared unled in the Court of Appeal for the successful appellant in a conviction appeal.

 

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