Working with strata law, you are facing some of the property sector’s most urgent and difficult issues right now. You need answers on fast-moving VCAT decisions and key legislative reform, mounting costly debt recovery challenges and complex insurance claims involving coverage, causation, delay and stakeholder conflict. Miss these issues and you risk giving advice that falls short when clients need clear, current and practical guidance on increasingly numerous and complex matters. Gain the key insights into the traps and strategies you need to advise confidently on the strata challenges already landing on your desk.

Presenters

Jane Wolfe, Partner & National Head of Property, SLF Lawyers
Jane is a senior lawyer practising in commercial property, business and hospitality law. She has extensive experience in the national commercial, industrial and retail lease market, and her practice includes commercial property sales and acquisitions, business sales and acquisitions, franchising, owners’ corporation and strata law, property due diligence, and the property-related components of corporate transactions, property financing and insolvency. Jane also has extensive experience in hospitality law and liquor licensing, acting on sales and acquisitions of hotels, liquor stores, nightclubs and restaurants and on sales and acquisitions of gaming machine entitlements. Jane’s background includes working in private practice at well-respected national and international law firms and as in-house counsel.


Rochelle Castro, Principal Lawyer, RC & Co Lawyers
Rochelle Castro is a strata lawyer and the principal of RC & Co Lawyers. She works with her specialist lawyers at RC & Co Lawyers, through constant rigorous training, so that they could provide effective, resourceful and clear legal service to clients. Other specialist areas of RC & Co Lawyers include building and construction, commercial litigation, wills and estates. She appears in tribunals and various court jurisdictions to advocate her clients’ rights. She presents papers on strata and construction law in local and international research forums. She is also a volunteer trainer of Strata Community Association’s A100 and committee training programs. Rochelle is also a committee member of a few organisations including Law Institute of Victoria Building and Construction committee, Property Law committee and Owners Corporation working group. She is also the president of the Filipino Australian Lawyers Association. Rochelle is also active in social media. She is the host of Strata Life Podcast and RCCO On Air. Rochelle believes that good practice of law requires effective communication and education to achieve for clients the best result.


Julia Moroz, Partner, Bugden Allen
Julia Moroz is a Partner at Bugden Allen with extensive experience in insurance litigation, property damage and strata disputes. Julia regularly advises owners corporations, lot owners, insurers and industry professionals on complex insurance claims and recovery matters, and has acted in numerous proceedings involving building defects, water ingress, fire damage and other property-related losses. In this session, Julia will provide practical guidance on navigating strata insurance claims, identifying common issues that arise throughout the claims process, and sharing strategies to help owners corporations and their advisers achieve the best possible outcomes while avoiding common pitfalls.

Timothy Graham, Principal Lawyer, Aitken Partners
Tim is Immediate Past President and a Fellow of the Australian College of Strata Lawyers. He is Immediate Past President and Vice President of Strata Community Association (Victoria), an Honorary Fellow and Life Member. He is a recipient of SCA’s Outstanding Advocacy Award. Tim has been selected in Best Lawyers in Australia eleven (11) times and has been recognized in Doyles Guide for both Litigation and Property. In 2024 he received the Law Institute of Victoria’s Distinguished Service Award.