by Allison | Sep 14, 2020 | By-Laws, Case Review, NSW, Rules, Strata Disputes
Can a by-law make some by not all lot owners responsible for common property costs? And can the Tribunal make orders requiring an owners corporation repay contributions? The Appeal Panel in The Owners – Strata Plan No 76830 v Byron Moon Pty Limited [2020] NSWCATAP 186...
by Allison | May 22, 2020 | By-Laws, Fact Sheets, News & Publications, NSW, Strata Disputes
Unauthorised works are works to common property that are not cosmetic works, as defined by section 109 of Strata Schemes Management Act 2015, and that a lot owner has undertaken without consent of the owners corporation. Minor renovations, which are defined by section...
by Chris | Mar 27, 2019 | By-Laws, Legal Alert, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News, Strata Disputes
In the matter of Cestaro v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 457 NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal of 12 February 2019 (unreported), it was held that security bars affixed to the external windows of a lot were common property. The lot owner applicant alleged that...
by Allison | Aug 15, 2016 | By-Laws, Fact Sheets, Levies, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News, Strata Disputes
The NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) has the power under section 162 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 to appoint a compulsory strata managing agent to a strata scheme. This power is also contained in section 237 of the Strata Schemes Management...
by Allison | Mar 22, 2016 | Fact Sheets, News & Publications, Recent News, Strata Disputes
The Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW), which is now expected to commence on 1 October 2016, makes some significant changes to the existing statutory dispute resolution procedures that strata manager’s, owners corporations and lot owners should be aware of....