Body Corporate law can be a trying and technical area of the law. Residents in Body Corporates can experience disputes that can lead to major disharmony and distrust within a community. Volunteer members of the Committee are faced with competing interests that require a delicate, practical and efficient solution and call upon MBA Lawyers as well respected, practical and experienced lawyers to assist them from time to time to navigate these troubled waters. Only industry recognised lawyers are able to successfully deal with these issues and our testimonials of satisfied clients are a testament to our skills in this area.
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We have assembled the most experienced and well respected body corporate and management rights lawyers in the country. MBA Lawyers boasts two Fellows of the Australian College of Community Association Lawyers Inc (ACCAL) accredited in Rob Balanda and Clayton Glenister. We are members of the Australian Resident Managers' Association and Clayton is also the inaugural honorary solicitor for the Queensland Association of Body Corporates (QABC).
Having the experience, commitment and integrity to deal with a vast array of complex issues and disputes enables MBA Lawyers to be at the forefront of this specialised industry.
We take a common sense approach to dispute resolution through mediation - our experience enables us to cut to the core of issues quickly and to provide practical advice on reaching sensible solutions.
We are well published in this area of law and are recognised by our peers as being at the forefront of this industry. Clayton is a regular columnist for the Australian Property Investor Magazine on strata and body corporate issues and regularly writes for national and local newspapers dealing with these issues.
Our lawyers have had significant input into the government's policy on this ever changing area and have also been published on numerous occasions. To view the articles click here.
Our Services Include:
- Preparation of Caretaking and Letting Agreements
- Acting on behalf of Body Corporate's in relation to the Assignment of Management Rights
- Preparation of Community Management Statements, Building Management Statements and advises concerning layered schemes
- Advising managers/caretakers and bodies corporate in the protection of their rights
- Disputes involving Body Corporate, committee, service contractors and letting agents through the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management, Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) as well as the District, Supreme and High Courts of Australia
- Lot entitlement disputes
- Building defect disputes and actions against builders and developers.
- The ability to assist bodies corporate and management rights operators to interpret and understand the legislation
- Advice on all matters relating to the set-up of management rights in new or existing complexes
- Acting in relation to the purchase and sale of Management Rights transactions throughout Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
We are recognised as being at the forefront of the body corporate and Management Rights industry, having being involved with the following high profile cases and buildings around the country:-
- Q1;
- Circle on Cavill;
- Rivage Royal;
- Equinox;
- Olympus;
- Broadbeach Motor Inn;
- The Surfers Manhattan;
- The Pinnacle Surfers Paradise;
- Top of the Mark;
- Spinnaker;
- Spindrift;
- Summerset Views;
- Sanctuary Lake;
- Sanctuary Pines;
- Sanctuary Shores;
- Sanctuary Bay Villas;
- Regent;
- Raffles on Capri;
- Paradise on the Beach;
- Palm Beach Apartments;
- Mykonos;
- Isle of Palms;
- Focus;
- Gemini Court;
- Crown Towers;
- Copacababana;
- Glades;
- Genesis;
- Suntower;
- Blue Lagoon;
- Adelphi Springs;
- River Glades;
- Lakelands Signature Living;
- Aristocrat Apartments;
- Azzura Village;
- La Grande;
- Villas Tijuana;
- Cashelmara;
- Cannes Court;
- Main Beach Tower;
- Palm Meadows Resort;
- Reflections Tower Two;
- South Pacific Plaza;
- Surfers International;
- The Sands Gold Coast;
- Pivotal Point Residential
- Isle of Palms
- Oracle Broadbeach
