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25 February 2026
Chambers Russell Lawyers is pleased to announce the appointment of Vicky Antzoulatos as a Partner of the firm in Class Actions. Vicky brings more than 25 years’ experience in complex multi-party commercial litigation and class actions before the Federal Court of Australia and the state Supreme Courts. She has led one of Australia’s largest class […]
25 February 2026
Chambers Russell Lawyers is pleased to welcome Fabienne Loncar as a partner, to the firm, bringing deep experience and leadership to the firm’s expanding practice in Victoria. Fabienne brings deep expertise across strata law, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, with significant experience in building defect disputes, including flammable cladding matters and domestic building insurance claims. Her appointment […]
17 April 2025
With building defects remaining a recurrent theme across the Australian property market, a number of legislative enactments are being introduced across the States and Territories to protect owners and hold parties accountable for their involvement in the poor construction of homes. The experiences arising with some of this legislation could be described as a mixed […]
30 November 2024
01/ Navigating strata defects from a legal lens with Scott Chambers and Pamela Saroukos of Chambers Russell Lawyers. In recent years, there has been a notable increase in media coverage of buildings plagued by strata defects. This has resulted in more owners corporations and bodies corporate seeking answers about how best to comply with their […]
18 November 2024
01/ Duty of care Section 152 of the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (Qld) (BCCMA) relevantly provides: (1) The body corporate for a community titles scheme must – administer, manage and control the common property and body corporate assets reasonably and for the benefit of lot owners; and comply with the obligations with […]
4 November 2024
By Paul Jurdeczka & James Blake, Chambers Russell Lawyers Owners corporations and strata managers regularly have to deal with undertaking building work on existing residential (or mixed use) strata schemes. They need to be aware of some of the issues that can arise in doing so properly and prudently. Due diligence at the early stages […]