by Allison | Jul 29, 2020 | By-Laws, Case Review, Legal Alert, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News, Strata Disputes
In Morgan-Jones & Ufert v The Owners Strata Plan No 15599 [2019] NSWCATAP 187, the applicants, who owned a lot in the scheme, sought to challenge two of the scheme’s by-laws under section 150 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 while the scheme was under...
by Chris | Jul 10, 2020 | ACT, Case Review
The plaintiff was the owner of an apartment spanning part of the top two floors of the Nishi Residential Building. At various intervals throughout the day and night, the plaintiff argued that the expansion and contraction of the roof and walls of the building created...
by Chris | Jul 6, 2020 | ACT, Case Review, Strata Disputes
The respondent was the owner of a unit and the applicant was the owners corporation of the units plan. The respondent owed a debt of $18,472.31 in levy arrears. The applicant took steps to recover the debt and subsequently, levy recovery proceedings were commenced in...
by Chris | Jul 6, 2020 | ACT, Case Review
The applicants were the owners of a unit in Units Plan 3488. One morning when the applicants were not present in the unit, a hose connected to the mains in the toilet cistern broke and water flowed out of the cistern into the apartment and into the common property in...
by Allison | Feb 6, 2020 | By-Laws, Case Review, NSW, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes, Uncategorised
Lot owners wishing to do works within their lot, in particular within courtyards or to outside areas of their lots where the works may be seen, might wonder whether it is necessary to seek permission from their owners corporation to carry out those works. In some...
by Allison | Sep 16, 2019 | Case Review, Legal Alert, News & Publications, NSW, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes
A by-law for a strata scheme can only be made, amended or repealed if it is passed by special resolution at a properly convened general meeting. Once the by-law has been passed, it must be registered at the NSW Land Registry Services within six months. Under the...
