SMH Domain talks with Muellers Strata Lawyers about gaping loopholes in the new strata laws.
SMH Talks ‘Flaws in the New Strata Laws’ with Muellers
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NCAT Orders Owners Corporation to Pay Out!
NCAT has ordered an owners corporation to pay compensation to a unit owner for water damage caused by defects in the common property.
Template and Fixed Fee Strata By-laws
Owners corporations that haven’t already done so are meant to consider all by-laws by 30 Nov 2017. Template or fixed fee strata by-laws available.
Disabled Residents – Do You Need to Provide Access?
Does an owners corporation need to modify its common property to provide easier access for disabled residents in its strata scheme?
To Vote or Not to Vote – That is the Question?
Does a strata committee have the power to make decisions on behalf of an owners corporation? Should you save yourself a vote next time?
Repair and Maintenance of Unauthorised Works
We all know an owners corporation must maintain and repair common property but what happens when an owner alters the common property?
Supreme Court Quashes NCAT Decision
An NCAT decision allowing a lot owner to keep unauthorised renovations was recently overturned by the Supreme Court.
Case Halted Until Owners Corporation Gives Security
The Supreme Court has ordered an owners corporation suing its former lawyers to give security for the costs the lawyers will incur.
Is Fair Trading Wrong? Are Anti-Airbnb By-laws Valid?
NSW Fair Trading modified its well known “Strata Living” handbook to indicate that by-laws prohibiting short term lettings are invalid.
Owners Corporations Can Make it Simpler
Information owners corporation have about their owners can actually make it much simpler for us to act more effectively in recovering strata levies.