Alannah Abbott

Alannah has been working at Bannermans since April 2018. Alannah commenced at Bannermans in a legal administrative role while completing her university degrees. She has progressed over the course of her time with the firm and is admitted as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of NSW.

 

 Alannah works in the Strata, Development and Construction teams undertaking the following work:

 

  Strata

• Drafting, advising on, enforcing, consolidating and registering by-laws
• Providing generalist strata advice and, specifically, on unauthorised works, by-law enforcement, maintenance responsibilities and refusal of by-laws under the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015
• Advising as to amending building management agreements, strata management agreements and community management statements
• Representing owners corporations and lot owners in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
• Advising on and negotiating settlement deeds
• Providing assistance in strata and property disputes in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Appeal Panel and the Supreme Court of NSW

 

Development

• Assisting with the preparation of advice for owners corporations and lot owners in collective sale and redevelopment matters
• Liaising with lot owners and developers regarding option deeds for collective sale and redevelopment matter
• Assisting with the conveyancing process for collective sales

 

Building and Construction 

• Advising on statutory warranty periods
• Assisting with the preparation for building and construction disputes in the NSW Civil and Administration Tribunal
• Briefing and engaging with technical building experts such as consultant specialists, surveyors and engineers
• Advising clients on matters relating to encroachment and damage caused by neighbouring developments

 

Cost Assessment

• Assisting with the preparation of documents and files for cost assessment
• Assisting with settlement negotiations in relation to costs arising from strata disputes

 

 Qualifications/Memberships

• Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (2020)
• Bachelor of Laws with Honours (Macquarie University) 2020
• Bachelor of Arts (Macquarie University) 2020
• Member of the Law Society of NSW
• Member of the NSW Young Lawyers Society

 

Articles

• What to do if you are installing timber floors
• What to expect when getting your by-law approved