Be risk ready for your property transactions. Property lawyers are facing an increasingly complex landscape, with climate risk obligations redesigning disclosure, insurance and development approvals, owners corporation disputes escalating, and growing pressure from tax and GST changes. This focused lunchtime series, CREATED for busy practitioners, explores the most pressing property law issues shaping Victorian practice and gives you the practical strategies to manage escalating legal and tax risks effectively, provide stronger client advice, and protect your practice against hidden dangers.
Description
Attend and earn 2 CPD units in Substantive Law
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
Owners Corporations and Risk: Insurance, Liability and Section 23A(3)(a)
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Essential for property and litigation lawyers advising on owners corporation disputes. Don’t miss this short, sharp examination of insurance, liability and Section 23A(3)(a) so that you can respond effectively to these claims.
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on VIC legislation
1.00pm to 2.00pm Owners Corporations and Risk: Insurance, Liability and Section 23A(3)(a)
Section 23A(3)(a) of the Owners Corporations Act 2006 (Vic) enables an owners corporation to recover insurance costs from a lot owner where the loss or damage arises from that owner’s act or omission.
Examine how these claims are being handled in practice and how solicitors acting for lot owners can respond effectively.
- Understanding the scope and limits of liability under s 23A(3)(a)
- What owners corporations must prove to recover costs
- Evidence and documentation required to defend or settle claims
- Strategies for advising and protecting lot owner clients early in the process
- Practical insights from recent matters
Presented by Julia Moroz, Special Counsel, Bugden Allen I Major, Complex Litigation Specialist
Presenters
Julia Moroz, Special Counsel, Bugden Allen
Julia Moroz is a highly accomplished Special Counsel with extensive experience in commercial litigation. She has a strong track record of advising on complex, high-value disputes across a range of sectors, including construction, real property, and insurance. Julia has previously worked for a top-tier international law firm, where she gained deep expertise in handling technically and commercially challenging matters. She has acted in significant litigation across Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and Tasmania, representing corporate clients, government bodies, and both local and international insurers, reinsurers, and brokers. Her expertise spans contractual disputes, professional negligence, property damage, regulatory disputes, and subrogated recovery actions. She is particularly experienced in advising on large-scale litigation involving technical liability and multi-party proceedings. Julia is known for her strategic thinking, precision in handling complex legal issues, and ability to navigate commercial risk with clarity and confidence. Her litigation practice covers the full lifecycle of disputes—from pre-action advice and negotiation through to trial and resolution—and she works closely with expert witnesses, counsel, and stakeholders to ensure a cohesive, outcome-driven approach. Clients trust Julia for her responsiveness, commercial acumen, and ability to deliver clear, pragmatic advice in high-pressure environments.
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Real Property, Land Subdivision, and Changes of Mind: The Tax and GST Pressure Points
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Your comprehensive guide to property duties and taxes in Victoria, and all in just one-hour. You will cover land tax, stamp duty, GST and the vacant residential land tax. The property lawyer’s essential viewing.
1.00pm to 2.00pm Real Property, Land Subdivision, and Changes of Mind: The Tax and GST Pressure Points
- Capital vs revenue: Distinguishing mere realisation, business activity, and profit-making schemes
- Change of purpose: When property becomes trading stock and CGT Event K4 consequences
- Recent case law: Bowerman and Morton illustrating the capital/revenue boundary
- GST pressure points – enterprise vs private use, registration thresholds, and Division 129 adjustments
- Practical takeaways and ATO examples – evidence of intention, consistent treatment, and proactive tax planning
Presented by Neil Brydges, Principal Lawyer, Sladen Legal and Kseniia Gasiuk, Associate, Sladen Legal
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on VIC legislation
Chair:
Richard Brooks, Consultant, Ashurst; Recommended Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Presenters
Kseniia Gasiuk, Associate, Sladen LegalAs an Associate in Sladen Legal’s Business Law Team, Kseniia focuses on tax-related matters, assisting clients in achieving their business and taxation objectives through strategic, timely, and innovative solutions. Holding a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Queensland and a Juris Doctor from Bond University, she is currently pursuing a Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne, specialising in tax law. Kseniia is a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) and member of The Tax Institute. Her expertise extends across direct and indirect tax, including the taxation of trusts, corporate tax, M&A, international tax, and Division 7A. Before joining Sladen Legal, she gained valuable experience in Queensland as a commercial and property lawyer, advising on business sales and acquisitions, commercial property contracts, covenants, easements, franchising, leasing, retirement villages, and strata title developments. Her background enables practical and client-focused legal advice in complex tax matters.
Richard Brooks, Consultant, Ashurst
Richard Brooks is a consultant in Ashurst's real estate practice. Richard has a broad real estate practice, including acting for REITs and other institutional property owners, developers and corporate and government real estate occupiers, and acting on real estate aspects of financing, M&A, infrastructure and energy and resources projects. Richard is experienced in acting on commercial property leasing (for landlords and tenants), sale and lease backs, real estate investment and real estate development. Richard is listed in Best Lawyers Australia 2025 in Real Property Law, Leasing Law and Government Practice.
Neil Brydges, Principal, Sladen Legal
Neil is a Principal Lawyer in the business law area, with a particular focus on taxation advice and disputes. Taxation law is a complex area. Neil’s aim is to provide technical expertise to clients, commercially applied and in a friendly and approachable manner. Neil’s practice involves advice, audits, disputes, and transactions. The client mix includes both family groups and business enterprises. Neil also regularly assists professional advisors, including tax agents, accountants and financial advisors, to understand complex legal issues and help them to better assist their own clients. Neil is a Chartered Tax Advisor with The Tax Institute and accredited as a specialist in taxation law with the Law Institute of Victoria. Since 2019 Neil has been named one of Australia’s “Best Lawyers” in the practice of tax law by “Best Lawyers”. Neil has also been recognised in Doyles Guide as a tax lawyer since 2021.
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