Mark joined Bannermans Lawyers in June 2010 and brought with him more than 20 years Commercial and Property Law experience from several CBD legal practices and two large financial institutions.

He enjoys providing solutions to complex property and commercial issues.

Mark practises all aspects of property and commercial law, including:

• Property development
• Construction contracts
• Property law, including strata title, community title and company title
• Residential and commercial conveyancing
• Business law, including structuring, finance, sale and purchase, leasing and employment
• Intellectual property, including copyright and trademarks
• Contract law, in relation to diverse industries, but with particular focus on the information technology, franchising, pharmaceutical and construction industries including government and other tendering

Mark’s insurance related experience includes:

• Advising insurers and persons making claims against insurers in relation to insurance liability, with particular focus on commercial property damage and business interruption.
• Conducting transactional matters on behalf of insurers in relation to their property portfolios, including commercial conveyancing and leasing.
• Acting as panel solicitor for a leading insurer in relation to loan & mortgage transactions, including property development, hotel and other commercial and residential finance.
• Secondment to a leading insurer, with particular focus on compliance issues and reorganisation of the insurer’s agency network, as well as assisting the insurer’s in-house counsel with product development, contract, HR and other issues.

Mark’s property development experience includes:

• Acting for developers carrying out a wide range of development projects in NSW and Queensland, including residential lot subdivisions and commercial and residential strata developments.
• Acting as panel solicitor for a lenders financing property development projects.
• Acting for builders and other contractors carrying out construction works in conjunction with property development projects.
• Acting for purchasers from developers, including “off the plan” strata apartment purchases and purchasers of house and land packages.

Qualifications/Memberships

• Bachelor of Laws (Sydney) (1987)
• Member of the Law Society of NSW
• admitted to the roll of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1987).
• admitted to the roll of the High Court of Australia (1987).

Publications

Pollinger, M; Bannerman, D, 2014, Home Building Act Statutory Warranties – What is the Two Year Warranty for Non Structural Defects Worth?, Strata Live – Autumn/Winter Edition 2014, Pg. 44 – 45 http://issuu.com/stratalive/docs/stratalive_autumwinter14_flipbook

Pollinger, M; Bannerman, D, 2014, New Privacy Laws, Master Builder: Official Magazine of the Master Builders Association of NSW, Issue Three, June – July 2014, Pg. 33 – 34

Pollinger, M; Bannerman, D, 2014, Was 2013 the Most Legislated Year for Property?, Real Estate Journal, Vol 65/08, August 2014, Pg. 21

Articles

• Are Long Tall Building Management Agreements still Enforceable?
• When “off the plan” goes “off the rails”
• A Comprehensive Guide to the Design & Building Practitioners Act 2020 – Regulation Update
• BY-LAWS: Referee won’t blow the Whistle?
• Can I use that Document too? – Not without Copyright
• Design & Building Practitioners Act 2020 changes effective from 1 July 2021
• Control of Unauthorised Parking – Common Sense Prevails
• NCAT’s Dispute Resolution Power – How far does it go?
• Should a Builder be Given an Opportunity to Rectify its Own Defective Work?
• Builder Gone Bust? Making the most of Home Owner Warranty Insurance?
• Designers and Building Professionals Act 2020 – Duty of Care
• Designers and Building Professionals Act 2020 – Registration and Regulation of Design and Building Practitioners
• Disposing of Goods Abandoned on Common Property – NEW LAWS
• Don’t Believe the Hype: From 10 April 2020, New Section 137A to Enable Owners Corporations to make By-Laws to Prohibit Letting Commences
• Embedded Networks – Government Action Required
• Stuck with an Embedded Network? Looking for a Way Out?
• My Unit has been Leaking for Years and the Owners Corporation is doing Nothing – What can I do?
• “Off the Plan” Sales | Are you Regretting your Purchase?
• “Off the Plan” Sales | What Vendors Need to do in the Current Market
• Disputes Involving Residents Outside NSW – Does NCAT Have Jurisdiction?
• Strata Renewal Plan Proceedings | Court Expectations Uncovered
• Tricky Termite Issues in Strata
• Tree Disputes
• Discrimination Issues in Strata Schemes
• Planning Law Reforms
• Two Lot Schemes
• Hand Me Down Services Arrangements – What You Can Do
• New Privacy Laws – Notifiable Data Breaches
• Embedded Network in your Strata Scheme – Things You Need to Know
• Pre 1974 Schemes and the Centre Line Rule
• The Sydney Metro Rail Project – Does it affect you?
• Dealing with Disparaging Online Articles
• Airbnb – Is Your Strata Building Becoming a Party Hotel?
• All’s Fair in Contracts and Law? Unfair Contract Protection for Small Business
• Building Defects Case Note: The Importance of Being… Armed with Timely Legal and Expert Advice
• Collective Sales: Windfall When Neighbours Work Together
• Common Property Maintenance – New Laws May Resolve Some Old Problems
• Compulsory Land Acquisitions – New Owner Rights
• For Your Eyes Only – Owners Corporations Records and Legal Professional Privilege
• Navigating Strata Urban Renewal – Commercial Gain – vs – Home Ownership
• Strata Insurance – Strata Managing Agents’ Engagement of Insurance Brokers
• Strata Law Reform: Impacts on Strata Manager Agreements
• Strata Managers – New Options for Owners
• Top Ten Tips for New Strata Schemes
• Unreasonable Unit Entitlements – They Can Be Changed – 183
• Urban Renewal – The Importance of the Returning Officer
• What Approvals Do I Need to Renovate My Unit?
• Sustainability Infrastructure Options for your Scheme

 

Further articles by Mark Pollinger can be found here.

• Mark Pollinger
• Special Counsel
• mpollinger@bannermans.com.au
• 61 2 9929 0226
• 61 2 8920 2427