by Chris | Mar 7, 2022 | ACT, Case Review, News & Publications, Recent News, Rules, Strata Disputes
The applicant is the Owners Units Plan No. 14 and the respondent is Mr Wright from Unit 2. Since 2009 the owners had been trying to stop Mr Wright from using the common car park to store cars and car parts in ways which annoyed and inconvenienced other owners. The...
by Chris | Mar 7, 2022 | ACT, Case Review, News & Publications, Recent News, Rules, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes
This matter concerns a residential property at Lyneham, ACT where the applicant was the executive committee and the respondent an owner of unit 29. Around February 2019 a complaint was received by the executive committee about caravans/campers/boats parked in...
by Allison | Feb 14, 2022 | By-Laws, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
The long awaited community title changes commenced on 1 December 2021 with the Community Land Management Act 2021 (‘CLMA’), the Community Land Development Act 2021 (‘CLDA’) and the accompanying regulations now in force. If you own or live in a community title...
by Allison | Feb 9, 2022 | Building Defects, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
In March 2021, Christopher Kerin and Ross Taylor from Ross Taylor & Associates had a discussion with David Chandler, the NSW Building Commissioner, on the topic of residential development regulation reforms in NSW. The two key pieces of legislation discussed were...
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...
by Allison | Jan 18, 2022 | By-Laws, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
The NSW Registrar General has extended the temporary rules allowing the electronic signing of a number of land registry instruments. The Conveyancing Rules (COVID-19) Amendment (Version 2) – December 2021 was published on 21 December 2021 and extends provisions that...
