Blog
Recovering Bad Debts
Recovering Bad Debts Most small business owners work very hard to provide their goods and services to others and are passionate about their product or service they have to offer. Unfortunately, it is amazing how many small businesses put the issue of getting paid on...
read moreStrata Management Statements
Strata Management Statements A Strata Management Statement (SMS) is an individually drafted document governed in New South Wales under the Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 and is used to regulate the relationship between individual owners corporations...
read moreDefamation in strata schemes
Defamation in strata schemes As with anything else in life, living in strata has its advantages and it's disadvantages. I'm often surprised at what people say about others and their lack of concern about defamation. Executive committee members have often been the...
read moreHome Building Regulation (Proof)
In NSW Parliament on 7 May 2014, the following question was directed to the Minister for Fair Trading, the Hon Matthew Mason-Cox: "What action is the Government taking to improve the regulation of home building?" The following is a brief summary of some of the "as...
read moreCouncil orders and by-laws
The Owners - Strata Plan No 47561 v Nowland [2014] NSWSC 483 Background The owners corporation sought orders compelling a lot owner to remove unauthorised structures from rooftop area of common property. By an amended summons the owners corporation sought access to...
read moreThe Owners – Strata Plan No 47561 v Nowland [2014] NSWSC 483
The Owners - Strata Plan No 47561 v Nowland [2014] NSWSC 483 An owners corporation sought orders compelling a lot owner to remove unauthorised structures from the common property rooftop area. By an amended summons the owners corporation sought access to an exclusive...
read moreThoo v Owners -Strata Plan No 50276 [2014] HCASL 79
Thoo v Owners - Strata Plan No 50276 [2014] HCASL 79 The High Court of Australia has refused the owners corporation's application for special leave to appeal the NSW Court of Appeal's decision of The Owners Strata Plan 50276 v Thoo [2013] NSWCA 270 which held, amongst...
read moreWhich strata by-laws apply to a strata scheme?
Summary Table Date Applicable By-laws Strata plans registered prior to 1 October 1974 By-laws 1 to 29 of the Strata Titles Act 1973 ("STA") applicable to strata plans registered prior to 1 October...
read moreDo I Need a Strata By-Law to Renovate My Unit?
Frequently Asked Questions I want to renovate my unit and the owners corporation's strata managing agent or executive committee has directed me to obtain a by-law. Do I need a strata by-law? The starting point is to understand the effect of By-law 5 of the model...
read more