Conveyancing: Critical Concerns
Your practice and your reputation are on the line with every conveyancing matter you work on, and any one of them can go from routine to disastrous with one misstep. Gain the latest information and essential strategies you need to avoid slipups and keep your practice on the right foot. Delve a little deeper into some of the major current issues in conveyancing such as amendments to the Owners Corporation Act, cladding, environment and planning, survey and title issues, easements, covenants, fencing and more
Description
Attend and earn 4 CPD units including:
3 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Professional Skills
This program is based on VIC legislation
Chair: Malcolm Watson, Partner, Gadens
9.00am to 10.00am: Requirements for Mortgagees to Identify the Mortgagors
- The importance of VOI
- Registering mortgages
- Unregistered vs registered mortgages
- in Light of C & F Nominees Mortgage Securities Ltd v Karbotli & Ors [2020] VCC 987
Presented by Leila Chalk, Principal Solicitor, Forty Four Degrees Lawyers & Consultants
10.00am to 11.00am: Environmental and Planning Due Diligence
Essential considerations for advising vendors, purchasers, financiers, mortgagees and developers
- Key environment and planning laws in Victoria
- Essentials of contaminated land liability
- Implications of commencement of the Environment Protection (Amendment) Act 2018 in Victoria on 1 July 2021
- Advising on scope of due diligence and appointment of environmental consultants
- Harnessing searches and publicly available information
Presented by Gabrielle Guthrie, Principal Lawyer, Guthrie Legal
11.00am to 11.10am: Break
Professional Skills
11.10am to 12.10pm: Survey and Title Issues Affecting a Conveyance of Property
- Plans related to titles and the surveying challenges that can arise
- Understanding a plan of subdivision
- How to read a strata plan and building subdivision
- Easements, covenants and restrictions
- Fencing and boundary alignments and areas shown (or not shown) on plans
Presented by Tom Champion, Director, Reeds Consulting
12.10pm to 1.10pm: Owners Corporation Issues: Latest Cases, Major Developments and Trends
- Amendments to the Owners Corporation Act
- Cladding update
- Tips and traps in plans of subdivision; multiple OCs
- Rules
- Recent significant cases
Presented by Tim Graham, Partner, HWL Ebsworth; Recommended Property & Real Estate Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2017; Recommended Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019; Best Lawyers 2017-21,j Real Property Law; President, Australian College of Community Association Lawyers; Council Member, Strata Communities Australia; Property Law Committee, Law Institute of Victoria
Presenters
Malcolm Watson
Malcolm is a Partner at Gadens Lawyers and has a strong practice in commercial property acquisitions, dispositions, conveyancing, retirement/aged care and subdivisional matters. Malcolm's clients include a number of institutional lenders, property groups and developers, and numerous private and corporate clients., His expertise is widely recognised. Malcolm is a regular presenter at seminars organised by the Leo Cussen Institute, Legalwise Seminars and the Law Institute of Victoria. Malcolm is a Law Institute of Victoria Accredited Specialist in property law. Professional affiliations include membership of the Property Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria, and membership of the Certified Practising Accountants Australia. ,
Leila Chalk
Leila is the Principal Solicitor at Forty Four Degrees Legal; a firm passionate about bridging the gap between new technology and bespoke service. Leila has practiced in the areas of Property, Commercial, Family, and Criminal law. She has a LLM from ANU focusing on innovation in the legal profession and a particular interest in the marketing and management of businesses.
Gabrielle Guthrie
Gabrielle is a specialist environment, planning and compliance lawyer and Principal of Guthrie Legal. She has a broad practice in advisory and contentious matters and a wealth of technical and tactical experience in due diligence. Prior to founding Guthrie Legal in 2016, Gabrielle led the Environment practice at Lander & Rogers and worked for DLA Piper in London. Gabrielle is currently Deputy Chair of the Law Institute of Victoria’s Environmental Issues Committee and a Committee Member of the Australasian Land & Groundwater Association's Melbourne Branch. In addition to her sole practitioner practice, Gabrielle also consults to 4 premier national and international law firms.
Tom Champion
Tom has a broad range of experience in complex building subdivisions, engineering surveying and consulting on issues relating to land status and development. His experience and expertise provides invaluable assistance to the consultants and construction teams throughout the various stages of the project. Tom is responsible for managing the expectations of clients and providing them with professional advice. He also instructs survey staff in project matters and regularly deals and consults with Council, Service Authorities, Government Departments and Project Stakeholders
Tim Graham
Tim is one of Australia's pre-eminent strata lawyers. Tim is the President of the Australian College of Strata Lawyers (ACSL) and a Fellow of the College. He is a Board Member of Strata Communities Australia. He has been selected in Best Lawyers© (Real Property Law) four times. Tim has also been recognised in Doyle's Guide as a Leading Property & Real Estate Lawyer. He is published regularly in the Australian Property Law Bulletin and is a member of the bulletin's Editorial Panel. He authors the Owners Corporations chapter of the Lawyers Practice Manual and wrote the case study update for Subdivisions with the Lot.