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Posted 15 April 2015
Category: Strata, Strata Insurance
Regrettably, it is common for people to sustain injuries while on the common property of strata buildings and those injuries frequently lead to personal injury claims.
Insurers of strata owners corporations faced with such claims need to consider whether to accept liability. This is an area where the law does not apply strict liability, but rather liability to exercise reasonable care. Accordingly, this requires consideration of the level of care exercised by the owners corporation and its strata managing agent. Some key considerations:
It has become increasingly more common for owners corporations to obtain safety reports, particularly following the introduction of the work health and safety legislation in 2012, which led to increasingly more strident advice from lawyers and strata managers about the need for such reports. Various reports are commonly obtained, including general safety audits and specific reports, e.g. in relation to workplace safety, fire safety, asbestos or plant and equipment and an owners corporation could have obtained one or more of these.
In our experience, a successful defence to a claim is most likely where it can be demonstrated that:
***The information contained in this article is general information only and not legal advice. The currency, accuracy and completeness of this article (and its contents) should be checked by obtaining independent legal advice before you take any action or otherwise rely upon its contents in any way.
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