Michael Kleinschmidt

Michael Kleinschmidt has specialized in strata law for over 20 years. During this time, he has served all of the peak stakeholder groups: Australian College of Strata Lawyers – Fellow and Council Member, Australian Resident Accommodation Managers Association (Qld) - Legal Panel Member, Strata Community Australia (Qld) - inaugural Legislative Committee Chairperson and past Professional Standards Committee member, Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management (Queensland) Stakeholders’ Group – ACSL representative, Attorney General’s Community Titles Legislation Working Group - ACSL representative. Across his years of practice, Michael has acted for almost all of the different stakeholder groups (occupiers, owners, bodies corporate, management rights’ operators, banks, body corporate managers, property developers and utilities providers) in almost every conceivable strata matter type ranging from structuring duplexes to 400-lot island resorts, litigating leaking roofs before departmental adjudicators through to appealing novel points of strata law to the Queensland Court of Appeal.

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QLD: Can owners take qcat action if a developer blocks a defects claim?

Updated: 07th Apr 2026

Michael Kleinschmidt

Published: 07th Apr 2026 | 0 Comments

QLD: Can a developer use a power of attorney to vote on matters not specifically listed?

Updated: 07th Apr 2026

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Published: 06th Apr 2026 | 0 Comments

QLD: Is a by-law banning bbqs on balconies legal?

Updated: 06th Apr 2026

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Published: 06th Apr 2026 | 0 Comments

QLD: Can a body corporate limit tree heights to protect views?

Updated: 06th Apr 2026

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Published: 30th Mar 2026 | 0 Comments

QLD: When administrator appointments in Queensland become necessary and how to make the responsible party pay

Updated: 06th Apr 2026

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Published: 27th Mar 2026 | 0 Comments

QLD: Can a Committee Chair Work for the Body Corporate Manager?

Updated: 27th Mar 2026

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Published: 26th Mar 2026 | 0 Comments

QLD: How Do You Escalate Repeated Body Corporate Bylaw Breaches for Ongoing Noise and Abuse?

Updated: 26th Mar 2026

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Published: 26th Mar 2026 | 0 Comments

QLD: Can a Body Corporate Charge Higher Levies for Short-Term Letting?

Updated: 26th Mar 2026

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Published: 20th Mar 2026 | 0 Comments

QLD: Can a developer use majority voting power to force special levies or a sale?

Updated: 30th Mar 2026

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Published: 18th Mar 2026 | 0 Comments

QLD: What happens if a CMS is registered without the required approval?

Updated: 18th Mar 2026

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Published: 02nd Mar 2026 | 0 Comments

QLD: Administrator’s Costs – How to Make the Responsible Party Pay

Updated: 26th Mar 2026

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Published: 06th Feb 2026 | 0 Comments

QLD: Our caretaker restricts our short term guests’ access to common facilities

Updated: 10th Feb 2026

Michael Kleinschmidt

Published: 13th Feb 2018 | 9 Comments

QLD: Body Corporate Spending Without Required Approvals

Updated: 01st Apr 2026

Michael Kleinschmidt

Published: 24th May 2016 | 8 Comments

QLD: Oppressive or Unreasonable Strata Bylaws

Updated: 26th Mar 2026

Michael Kleinschmidt