by Allison | Mar 11, 2024 | By-Laws, News & Publications, NSW
A common question we get asked is: can I buy common property? The short answer is yes. But the longer answer is more complicated. Let’s say you own a lot in a strata scheme but you don’t have a car space. There is an area of unused driveway that you want to purchase...
by Allison | Feb 11, 2024 | By-Laws, Legal Alert, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News, Strata Disputes, Uncategorised
Reforms to strata and community title legislation came into effect on 11 December 2023. Governance changes impose new restrictions on meeting notices, voting, expenditure and disclosure in schemes. Changes also affect the termination and renewal of strata schemes. Our...
by Allison | Jul 16, 2023 | By-Laws, News & Publications, NSW
The Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 establishes in section 118(1) that it is the owners corporation’s responsibility to ensure that there are complying window safety devices for all windows of each building in the strata scheme. This provision is applicable to all...
by Allison | Jun 19, 2023 | By-Laws, News & Publications, NSW
Owners corporations should take care when they amend existing by-laws. The simple decision to delete a word, or add in a word, if not done with consideration to the entire by-law and/or by-laws for scheme, can render a by-law invalid or unenforceable. Here are some...
by Allison | Jun 19, 2023 | By-Laws, News & Publications, NSW, Strata Disputes
In the relatively recent case of Bruce v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 98803 [2022] NSWCATCD 83, the Tribunal has determined that Option B of By-law 5 Keeping of Animals in Sch 3 of the SSMR 2016 does not limit a lot owner to one animal. Background In June 2021, the...
by Allison | May 14, 2023 | By-Laws, News & Publications, NSW, Strata Disputes
Chances are your strata scheme is ruled by a set of model by-laws. If that is the case, the appearances by-law will contain a paragraph in terms similar to the following: The owner or occupier of a lot must not, without the written consent of the Owners Corporation,...