Pastwords
Expiring passwords. We’ve all been forced to with them. And the annoyance of trying to think up yet another weird combination of…
Child Safety Locks: Could A By-Law Allocate The Responsibility To The Lot Owners?
The Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 establishes in section 118(1) that it is the owners corporation’s responsibility to ensure that there are…
Help Guide for Body Corporate Insurance- QLD
Even considering obtaining an insurance policy is enough to give people a headache- let alone handling insurance for a multi-storey…
NCAT, Common Property and Water Leaks
There are more than 85,000 strata schemes in NSW with approximately one in seven NSW residents living in strata apartments…
Is It In An Owners Corporation’s Interest To Be Diligent?
According to the case of Achiam v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 58026 [2022] NSWCATCD 66, it certainly is. This case…
HARSH, UNCONSCIONABLE AND OPPRESSIVE BYLAWS
A quick look at the evolving case law considering section 139(1) of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 and the…
Dealing with Fire Orders Affecting a Lot Property
Fire Orders and Cost Recovery By-laws An owners corporation is only responsible for the common property in its strata scheme. …
Help Guide for OC Insurance- NSW
Even considering obtaining an insurance policy is enough to give people a headache- let alone handling insurance for a multi-story…
PROJECT INTERVENE AND THE COURTS: STRATA PLAN 99576 V CENTRAL CONSTRUCT PTY LTD – A QUICK CASE STUDY
Introduction: How does ‘Project Intervene’ interact with the Courts or the Tribunal? Many owners ask us about the interaction between…
Owners Corporation – NCAT Enforces By-laws
Does an owners corporation have to enforce its by-laws? If an owners corporation decides to ignore breaches of its by-laws,…
