About the April 2025 edition
This April 2025 edition of The VIC Strata Magazine addresses insurance and funding challenges, covering the difference between insurable storm damage and pre-existing water damage, personal contents insurance for damage to other lots, and insurance obligations for houses under an owners corporation. It also tackles what an owners corporation can do when there are no funds for unexpected works, alongside governance questions around inaccurate meeting minutes, notice of AGMs and when service is legally presumed, applying the benefits principle, and how to frame requests so the committee has a clear decision to make. With insights from Victorian strata lawyers, managers, and industry specialists, this edition offers practical guidance for owners corporations navigating insurance, funding, and committee processes.
- Identifying insurable storm damage vs. pre-existing water damage in strata buildings – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- Using personal contents insurance for damage to other lots – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Overcoming client objections: Insights from QIA Group's inspectors for strata managers – QIA Group
- Can strata accept embedded network provider increases on residents' behalf? – Joseph Arena, Embedded Network Arena
- When the Owners Corporation has no funds – what do you do? – Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law
- How do I ensure the strata manager provides true and accurate minutes? – Joel Chamberlain, Horizon Strata Management
- Always give the committee a decision to make – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Is service legally presumed once the notice is posted or when it's received? – Fabienne Loncar, Moray & Agnew Lawyers
- When can the owners corporation apply the benefits principle? – Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law
- Insurance obligations for houses under an owners corporation – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Upcoming training and events with SCA (VIC) – SCA (VIC)
