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 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...
by Allison | Jun 17, 2020 | Legal Alert, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
Thanks to the Strata Schemes Management Amendment (COVID-19) Regulation 2020, the new section 271A of Strata Schemes Management Act 2020, the Community Lands Amendment (COVID-19) Regulations 20202 and the new section 122A of the Community Lands Management Act 1989, it...
