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Lawyer in the Hot Seat – your questions answered

  • 08/05/2025
  • Author Jimmy-T

It's back! Lawyer in the Hot Seat returns with the hottest topics and your strata questions. Sign up now for free.

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    Confused over reno regs? Take this DBPA quiz

    • 13/03/2025
    • Author Jimmy-T

    If you are confused over the DBPA and how it relates to reno regs, you are not alone. But this simple quiz will get you on the right track.

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      Back on ABC radio, more often and at a new time

      • 06/02/2025
      • Author Jimmy-T

      JimmyT is back on ABC Afternoons with James Valentine, and you can catch up with the most recent session via a link to the last broadcast in this story.

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        Are we about to be rendered redundant by AI?

        • 03/10/2024
        • Author Jimmy-T

        It started as a bit of fun - ask Artificial Intelligence a question about strata. Turns out some of these platforms are a lot smarter than you might imagine.

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          Podcast: Could AI spell the end of Flat Chat?

          • 03/10/2024
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Jimmy and Sue discuss what happens when you ask an AI chatbot a question about strata. The answers are amazing, amusing and alarming - for very different reasons.

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            Forum: Real responses from a top strata lawyer

            • 04/07/2024
            • Author Jimmy-T

            We have a lot of fun on this Forum – and kick around a few serious topics too – but I thought it might be time to get real with…

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              Podcast: Lawyer in the hot seat, part two

              • 13/06/2023
              • Author Jimmy-T

              This week we bring you the second part of strata lawyer David Bannerman’s Q&A session, with Flat Chat’s JimmyT asking the questions sent by Flat Chat readers and Bannerman Lawyers’…

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                Webinar to tackle common property questions

                • 11/01/2023
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Is the wall between my bathroom and lounge room common property? What about my ceiling?  Or my floating timber floor? The questions of what is or isn’t common property and…

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                  Two strata webinars you won’t want to miss

                  • 16/10/2022
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  Strata is full of people offering advice and opinions based on nothing more than something they heard from someone who might not even live in an apartment … or even…

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                    Podcast: Lawyer in the Hot Seat, part 2

                    • 07/06/2022
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    Welcome to the second part of Lawyer In The Hot Seat, in which strata lawyer (and Flat Chat sponsor) David Bannerman invited us on to his webinar. This week, Jimmy…

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                      Burning questions about fire inspections answered

                      • 21/03/2022
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      Recently, there have been a number of questions about fire safety inspections and measures on the Flat Chat Forum. Last week, one of our Flatchatters, an accredited Fire Safety Practitioner,…

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                        Forum: Should we pay committee members?

                        • 25/01/2022
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        It’s that time of year again when we are coming to the end of the school holidays and Australia Day is upon us. On top of all that, we are…

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