Australian College of Strata Lawyers Inc. (ACSL)

MEMBER DIRECTORY

The College comprises of Fellows, Members, Academic Members, Associate Members, Government Members and three Life Members.

Within our numbers are the authors of most of the leading Australian texts and research papers on this subject, as well as those practitioners who, through their body of professional work, publications and presentations, are recognised as the leading practitioners in this area of law.

Our members can offer those working in this area, including government, valuable advice and assistance.

Our members variously represent all stakeholders in the area including owners, occupiers, owners corporations/bodies corporate, community associations, managing agents, building managers, governments, consent authorities, developers and financiers. Our members chose to operate under a collegiate model because our association is not aligned with any particular industry and represents no vested economic or political interests.

The College is a self-governing association of practitioners which seeks the development of laws for the common good and to achieve the highest standard of good governance under those laws.

Our membership represents a significant resource available to government and all stakeholders in the development of strata law and areas associated with its professional interests.

Objects of the College

The principal objects of the College are to –

  • Establish and administer to the highest standards a system of specialist accreditation for lawyers skilled in the Discipline
  • Promote the highest standards of professional practice
  • Facilitate research and dissemination of research materials on all aspects of the Discipline
  • Foster a collegiate relationship among accredited specialists and other members
  • Promote public awareness and knowledge of the Discipline
  • Work in a non-political way to improve laws relevant to the Discipline
  • The College has a public interest focus and over time it is expected to build a substantial body of knowledge and skills in this important and expanding area of the law.

Strata and Community Titles Law is the law that applies to the ownership and use of land and buildings in common interest subdivisions.

These include residential, serviced apartment, office, industrial, retirement and retail premises which have been created under each state’s strata and community title legislation. They can take the form of multi level towers or horizontal subdivisions.

Members of ACSL are lawyers who assist owners, occupiers, bodies corporate, body corporate committees, managers, developers and financiers of strata and community title developments and academics who teach the law in our universities.

PRESIDENT

Tim Graham 

Chambers Russell Lawyers
Level 27, 101 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
03 8639 9800
tgraham@chambersrussell.com.au

COUNCIL MEMBERS

Gerard Doyle
Bugden Allen
Suite  13.01, Level 13, 77 King Street
Sydney NSW 2000
02 9199 1055
gerard@bagl.com.au

Amanda Farmer
Lawyers Chambers on Riley
98 Riley Street, Darlinghurst. NSW 2010
(02) 8262 6103
amanda@lawyerschambers.com.au

Thomas Gibbons
Thomas Gibbons Law
Panama Square, 14 Garden Place, Hamilton. NZ 3204
07 5406 1282
thomas@gibbonslaw.co.nz

Bede King
Tobin King Lateef
Level 10, 217 George Street, Brisbane. QLD 4000
07 3224 3000
bedek@tobinking.com.au

Michael Kleinschmidt
Bugden Allen
2/2 Akeringa Place
Mooloolaba QLD 4557
07 5406 1282
michael.kleinschmidt@bagl.com.au

Susan Proctor 
Proctor Legal
PO Box 4329, Manuka. ACT 2603
02 5104 0750
susan@proctorlegal.com.au

GENERAL MANAGER

Nina Psaltis
PO Box 182, Moorooka. QLD 4105
0418 150 557
generalmanager@acsl.net.au

Australian College of Strata Lawyers (ACSL) Rules as per June 2023

Australian College of Strata Lawyers (ACSL) Rules – as at June 2023

The College, formerly known as the Australian College of Community Association Lawyers (ACCAL), was founded in 2006 by Gary Bugden OAM (together with some like-minded legal practitioners).

The College represents an association of the leading legal practitioners in the area of law relating to community living in the form of community title, group title or strata title schemes. In March 2018 the College changed its name to Australian College of Strata Lawyers Inc.

The College comprises of Fellows, Members, Academic Members, Associate Members, Government Members and three Life Members.

Founding Members

  • Michael Allen
  • Francesco Andreone
  • Paul Brotchie
  • Gary Bugden OAM
  • Sharon Christensen
  • Ros Janes
  • David Le Page