by Chris | Jun 28, 2022 | ACT, BCA Compliance, BCA Compliance, Building Defects, Building Defects, News & Publications, Recent News, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes
In response to a substantial increase in the number of formal complaints about building matters since 2010, the new Building and Construction Legislation Amendment Act 2020 introduced a new dispute resolution scheme in the ACT for residential building disputes by...
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 Allison | Mar 14, 2022 | By-Laws, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
The recent case of The Owners – SP No 91684 v Liu; The Owners – SP No 90189 v Liu [2022] NSWCATAP 1 considers these questions. Shortly after section 137A of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (SSMA 2015) came into effect, each owners corporation in this case...
by Chris | Mar 7, 2022 | ACT, Case Review, News & Publications, Recent News, Rules, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes
The applicant sought an order from ACAT that the owners corporation issue a rule infringement notice for various alleged breaches of House Rules and rules of the owners corporation. In response, ACAT held that there is no general power in section 129 of the UTMA to...
by Chris | Mar 7, 2022 | ACT, Case Review, News & Publications, Recent News, Rules, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes
The owners corporation appealed a number of aspects of the original decision. The appeal was dealt with as a review under section 82(b) of the ACAT Act and the owners corporation needed to establish an error of fact or law in the original decision in order to succeed....
