by Allison | Jun 29, 2023 | ACT, Legal Alert, News & Publications, Recent News
On Saturday 1 July 2023 the amendments pursuant to the Unit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2023 commence. Please click here to access Kerin Benson Lawyer’s summary table of the most important amendments. The text of the Act itself is available on the ACT...
by Allison | Jun 19, 2023 | Legal Alert, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
With the introduction on 26 March 2021 of the Community Land Development Act 2021 and its associated regulations (‘the Regulations’) came a raft of changes that affect Neighbourhood, Precinct and Community Associations. In particular, it is now a requirement for an...
by Chris | Apr 4, 2022 | ACT, By-Laws, Case Review, Legal Alert, News & Publications, Recent News, Rules, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes, Uncategorised, Uncategorized
The respondents are owners of a unit and members of the applicant owners corporation. The applicant applied to the Tribunal for orders in relation to a range of unapproved alterations the respondents had made without the consent of the executive committee in...
by Chris | Apr 4, 2022 | ACT, By-Laws, Case Review, Legal Alert, News & Publications, Recent News, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes, Uncategorised, Uncategorized
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 Chris | Apr 4, 2022 | ACT, Case Review, Legal Alert, Levies, Levies, News & Publications, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes, Uncategorised, Uncategorized
The respondent was the owner of unit 2 and the applicant the owners corporation. The total claimed was: (a) balance of levies owed ($602.93); (b) ACAT filing fee; (c) legal expenses for preparation of and attendance at the hearing and the mediation; and (d) witness...
by Allison | Feb 9, 2022 | ACT, Case Review, Legal Alert, News & Publications, Recent News, Strata Disputes
On 8 February 2022 the ACAT Appeal Tribunal handed down it’s long awaited decision on the issue of providing the corporate register to a lot owner pursuant to section 119 of the Unit Titles (Management) Act 2011 (the UTMA). Kerin Benson Lawyers acted for the...
