The QLD Strata Magazine October 2024

About the October 2024 edition

The October 2024 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine addresses fire safety compliance, levy debt management, and caretaker obligations in Queensland body corporate schemes. Key topics include the consequences of fire safety non-compliance, caretaker sewage pipe inspection liability, levy debt enforcement strategies, and defect warranty reporting timing. The edition also covers inactive chairperson remedies, sinking fund management, foreign purchaser surcharge class action developments, and best practice approaches to strata maintenance and remedial repairs.

  • Inactive chairperson: What can the committee do? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate 
  • Can we ask our strata manager to disclose any benefits received from the caretakers? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve 
  • Blame game has no winners – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal 
  • Body corporate delays and exorbitant repair bills – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions 
  • When to report defects under warranty – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick 
  • Levy debt: How to deal with owners who play the system – Petra Lohmann, Bugden Allen 
  • Who receives the fee when providing a body corporate information certificate? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve 
  • Unauthorised car park: Legal and practical implications – Liam Boudin, Mahoneys 
  • Who can access the annual fire safety report? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate 
  • Building fire safety in Queensland: What are the consequences of non-compliance? – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters 
  • Is the multiplier just based on the management fees? – Strata Business Brokers 
  • Strata genie: grant me a sinking fund! – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate 
  • The caretaker is contractually obligated to inspect sewage pipes. If a blockage occurs, are they liable? – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal 
  • Best practice for managing strata maintenance & remedial repairs – Edwina Feilen, Sedgwick 
  • Foreign purchaser surcharges class action - Queensland – Annemarie Wilmore and Kathryn Bertram, Johnson Winter Slattery
  • Post-AGM agreement: Are we required to sign? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys | The SCAQ Difference – SCAQ

October 2024 QLD Strata Magazine Authors

William Marquand
Tower Body Corporate
Chris Irons
Strata Solve
Frank Higginson
Redchip Strata Law
Tyrone Shandiman
Strata Insurance Solutions
Petra Lohmann
Bugden Allen
Liam Boudin
Mahoneys
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Fire Matters

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