Kayla Khamis

Kayla has been working at Bannermans since July 2017. Kayla commenced at Bannermans initially in a legal administrative role while completing her university degree, and now recently admitted as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of NSW.

 

Kayla works in both the Building and Construction and Strata teams undertaking the following work:

 

Building and Construction

• Advising owners corporations on building defects, insurance claims, legal remedies, relevant limitations periods and current issues such as combustible cladding;
• Assisting with acting for owners corporations in building defect claims in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal;
• Drafting applications for building defect claims in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal;
• Briefing and engaging with technical building experts such as consultant specialists, surveyors and engineers;
• Assisting owners corporations in relation to the enforcement and supervision of work orders and settlement agreements for rectification works;
• Reviewing building contracts and advising builders and owners corporations;
• Participating in alternative dispute resolution including mediation; and
• Drafting settlement deeds and agreements.

Strata

• By-law drafting, consolidation and registration;
• Reviewing and advising on by-laws;
• Drafting applications for strata disputes in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal;
• Assisting with advising owners corporation in relation to unauthorised works and repair and maintenance responsibilities under the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015; and
• Assisting with advising owners corporations in relation to Fire Orders, particularly in respect to combustible cladding.

Qualifications/Memberships

• Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice 2020
• Bachelor of Laws (Australian Catholic University) 2019
• Member of the Law Society of NSW

Articles

• Be Wary of any Combustible Cladding Material in Excess of 8% PE