Tom Yeoman
Principal
Tom is a principal of the firm bringing over a decade of commercial litigation experience in local and foreign markets, practicing exclusively in strata since 2015.
recent work
Resisting a cost application for a withdrawn appeal: Lu v The Owners - Strata Plan No 66347 [2025] NSWCATAP 2
Representing a group of lot owners on application for a section 237 compulsory appointment, successfully obtaining interim orders to appoint a compulsory strata managing agent for 3 months.
Acting for an owners corporation as a respondent to an Australian Human Rights Commission complaint.
Acting for a building management committee and its subsidiary strata schemes on the termination of each of their agency agreements.
Advising an owners corporation in relation to damage to common property arising in the course of a lot owner’s authorised renovation.
Advising an owners corporation in relation to unauthorised works carried out by a lot owner and subsequent Council implications.
Advising an owners corporation under compulsory appointment regarding the owners corporation’s compliance with with the Act prior to the compulsory appointment.
Acting for a lot owner on a claim for section 106(5) damages, resolving by way of settlement prior to hearing.
recent case summaries
career and experience
Tom’s career in litigation spanning over a decade has taken him to work abroad in Singapore at a local top tier full service firm and a US top tier firm in the country’s highest ranked international arbitration team. Upon returning to Sydney, Tom has worked in the strata sector with a particular focus on advisory and dispute matters.
Tom regularly appears in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Appeal Panel and mediations on strata dispute matters concerning interim applications, claims for damages, compulsory appointment, unreasonable refusal of by-laws, breach of by-law and civil penalties. He has also appeared in the Supreme Court and Local Court on defect litigation matters and claims for damages.
Whilst in Singapore, Tom’s practice areas ranged across international arbitration, medical negligence, insurance litigation, shareholder disputes, anti-money laundering and probate disputes. Tom was involved in the longest running medical negligence trial in Singapore, which was the first instance of expert “hot tubbing” in Singapore.
Tom has contributed a chapter to the Singapore Law Society's legal toolkit on social enterprise and start-up funding. Tom has a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales and is a member of the Law Society of New South Wales.
Tom has been involved in a number of seminal cases:
Burbank Montague Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 85312 [2020] NSWCATAP 100
Glenquarry Park Investments Pty Ltd v Hegyesi [2019] NSWSC 425
EB 9 & 10 Pty Ltd v The Owners SP 934 [2018] NSWSC 464
Scharer v Giro Construction Group Pty Ltd (in Liq) (Receiver and Manager Appointed) [2017] NSWSC 1568
Tong Seok May Joanne v Yau Hok Man Gordon [2012] SGHC 252
Tom is a Member of the Australian College of Strata Lawyers.