Laura Dale

Partner

Areas of Practice

Laura Dale is a partner at Chambers Russell Lawyers practising in commercial litigation with a focus on building and construction disputes, strata matters and real property issues. She advises individuals, corporations and strata clients across both litigated and non-litigated matters, providing commercially practical and outcome-focused guidance. Laura brings a breadth of experience from earlier roles in property-focused legal practice and the banking sector, complementing her litigation work with strong transactional insight. She is also engaged in industry education through regular seminar presentations to property and construction stakeholders.

Expertise

  • Acting in commercial litigation with particular focus on construction disputes, strata litigation and real property matters.
  • Advising individual, corporate and strata clients across contentious and non-contentious legal issues.
  • Delivering practical strategic guidance informed by experience in residential and commercial conveyancing and leasing.
  • Early career experience with wills and estates matters in a boutique legal practice.
  • Committed to presenting educational seminars to participants in the property, strata and construction industries.
  • A strong commercial perspective as a result of five years’ experience working within an international banking environment.
  • Holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Wollongong, admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New South Wales (October 2013), and maintains membership with the Law Society of New South Wales.

Selected Cases

  • The Owners – Strata Plan No 97938 v Golden Rain Development Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 37 – successful application for a freezing order against the developer of a strata scheme.
  • Stevenson v Ashton [2019] NSWSC 1689 – determination by the Supreme Court clarifying what a “major defect” is under the Home Building Act 1989, being that there does not need to be imminent  or actual damage caused only that it needs to be likely to cause the inability to inhabit or use the building for its intended purpose, destruction of the building or threat of collapse of the building (or part of the building).
  • Meredith Gray v The Owners – Strata Plan No 46789 – appointment of a compulsory strata manager pursuant to section 237 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015.
  • The Owners – Strata Plan 6877 v 2-4 Lachlan Avenue Pty Ltd; The Owners – Strata Plan 6666 v Kahu Holdings Pty Ltd Respondent (No 2) [2018] NSWLEC 174 – successful application for security for costs against an owners corporation in strata renewal proceedings.

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Latest Articles

17/04/2025

New Victorian Building Legislation
30/11/2024

Introduction to Strata Building Defects
04/11/2024

The Challenges of Arranging Building Work to Existing Strata Schemes