What we do

DEA Lawyers provides expert advice and services in the areas of strata title and real property law, commercial disputes, construction disputes, contracts and the recovery of debts.

We act for owners corporations, community associations, building management committees, lot owners, caretakers, strata managers and developers in a wide range of matters involving group title schemes.

We also act for individuals and corporations in commercial matters and disputes.

Strata title and real property law

  • Drafting and advising about by-laws
  • Disputes about by-laws
  • Disputes with lot owners and enforcement of orders
  • Drafting management rights/caretaker agreements
  • Disputes about management rights/caretaker agreements
  • Advising about structuring of group title developments
  • Claims against developers for building defects and breaches of fiduciary duty
  • Advice about re-allocation of unit entitlements
  • Attendance at owners corporations meetings
  • Advising about owners corporations meeting procedure
  • Insurance claims and requirements
  • Disputes with lot owners (for both owners and owners corporations)
  • Boundary and easement disputes

Litigation and Disputes

  • Advice about commercial disputes
  • Mediation and alternative dispute resolution
  • Applications to the NCAT
  • Claims in the Local Court, District Court, Supreme Court and Federal Court
  • Contract disputes
  • Lease disputes
  • Injunctions and specific performance
  • Professional negligence claims
  • Claims relating to misleading and deceptive conduct
  • Disputes about the failure to maintain and repair common property pursuant to Section 62 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (both on behalf of owners corporations and lot owners)

Construction Disputes (Building Defects)

  • Building defect claims
  • Claims against builders, developers and others involved in the development, construction and certification of buildings
  • Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 claims and disputes
  • Drafting and advising in relation to building contracts

Planning and Local Government Law

  • Advice about Council orders
  • Appeals against Council orders and decisions to the Land & Environment Court of NSW
  • Advice about development applications
  • Objections against development applications

Debt Recovery

  • Levy recovery
  • Debt recovery claims and appearances in proceedings in the Local Court, District Court and Supreme Courts
  • Bankruptcy
  • Winding up and insolvency