Proactive Legal Solutions for Owners Corporations: Avoiding VCAT through Smart Governance and Dispute Resolutio
- Focus on preventing legal disputes within owners’ corporations through proactive legal strategies
- Practical advice on strengthening governance and improving decision-making processes
- Legal obligations for maintenance and repairs and how to manage them without escalation
- Financial management solutions: avoiding disputes over unpaid levies and debt recovery
- Emphasis on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms to resolve conflicts early
- Recent legislative changes and cases and compliance strategies for owners’ corporations
- Case studies and real-world examples of successful non-tribunal legal solutions
Presented by Sangeeta Thaker, Consulting Principal, Keypoint Law; Accredited Specialist in Property Law
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on VIC legislation
Chair
Andrew Cameron, Barrister, List G Barristers; Best Lawyers 2025, Litigation and Real Property Law
Presenters
Andrew Cameron, Barrister, List G Barristers
Andrew Cameron has a broad national commercial and public law practice. His practice comprises complex litigation involving valuation and real property law, contract, equity & trusts, corporations & securities law, commercial crime, inquiries and royal commissions. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Master of Laws, all from the University of Melbourne. He won a number of academic prizes during his undergraduate studies. He completed his articles at Minter Ellison and read with Wendy Harris KC and David Batt KC. Andrew is currently a director of List G Barristers and teaches in the Victorian Bar Readers’ Course on written evidence. Andrew has been recognised in Best Lawyers in Australia and Doyle’s Guide to Leading Commercial Litigation & Disputes Barristers.
Sangeeta Thaker, Consulting Principal, Keypoint Law
Sangeeta is an Accredited Specialist in Property Law, with over 20 years of experience advising Australian and international developers, corporations, listed and unlisted property trusts and financiers on the full breadth of property transactions – including acquisitions, disposals, structuring issues, lease transactions and development advice in relation to retail, commercial, industrial and residential property. Sangeeta has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating agreements for leases (and sub leases and licences), acting for both landlords and tenants on leases with a variety of permitted uses including airport subleases, port terminal leases, service station leases, shopping centre leases, QSR leases, leases in medical centres and hangar licences. Sangeeta joined Keypoint Law in 2022 and is based in Melbourne.
