by Chris | Aug 21, 2020 | ACT, BCA Compliance, Case Review, News & Publications
This application was for review of a decision by the respondent on 22 March 2019 to make a rectification order pursuant to section 38 of the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004 (COLA) requiring the applicant to take certain stated actions to rectify building...
by Allison | Jul 29, 2020 | Fact Sheets, Factsheets, Legal Alert, News & Publications, NSW, Strata Disputes
What strata owners should expect from their strata managers and what services are and are not included as part of a strata manager’s duties can be a heated topic. The Acts dealing with a strata manager’s functions are analysed below. Under section 3 of the Property...
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 Allison | Jul 29, 2020 | News & Publications, NSW
The latest research from UNSW’s City Futures Research Centre providing an update into strata and community title schemes has been released. Some key NSW scheme facts: There are 83,998 strata schemes registered in NSW 40% of strata schemes were registered since 2000...
by Chris | Jul 10, 2020 | ACT, News & Publications, Recent News
On 30 April 2020, sections 3 and 111 of the Unit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2020 and the Unit Titles (Management) Amendment Regulation 2020 (No 1) commenced. The combined effect of the above is that an owners corporation and the executive committee of an owners...
by Allison | Jun 17, 2020 | By-Laws, Fact Sheets, News & Publications, NSW, Rules, Strata Disputes
In the recent decision of the Appeal Panel of the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) in Andelman v Small [2020] NSWCATAP 32, the Appeal Panel considered the provisions of by-law 14 requiring all floor spaces except kitchens, laundries, toilets and...
