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Applications are open for the City of Sydney’s Smart Green Apartments Scheme

by Allison | Aug 24, 2016 | Levies, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News

Strata schemes with a minimum of 50 lots or 6 stories have one month to apply to be part of the City of Sydney’s 2016 Smart Green Apartments scheme. This scheme sees consultants review the energy and water usage in your building and to develop a plan to...

ACT Case note: Recovering costs in levy recovery matters

by Allison | Mar 21, 2016 | ACT, Case Review, Levies, News & Publications, Recent News

On 20 November 2015 ACAT heard a levy recovery matter and made a decision that has a significant impact on all strata levy recovery matters commenced in ACAT. The case was The Owners – Units Plan 840 V Richardson (Civil Dispute) [2015] ACAT 77. What was the case...

Debt Recovery For Overdue Strata Levies: Recovering Legal Expenses

by Allison | Jul 7, 2014 | Legal Alert, Levies, NSW

An Owners Corporation is entitled to “recover as a debt a contribution not paid at the end of one month after it becomes due and payable, together with any interest payable and the expenses of the owners corporation incurred in recovering those amounts” under Section...

Recent News & Publications

  • Case Note: Craven & Gilks v The Owners – Units Plan No 2839 (Appeal) [2023] ACAT 4
  • Case Note: Cheetham & Ors v The Owners – Units Plan No 503 & Ors (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 90
  • Case Note. Leonard & Anor v Michie & Ors (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 14
  • SMH Article: Barking dogs, prams and air-con: What Sydney’s apartment dwellers fight about
  • NSW Strata Reforms Taking Effect Soon

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