Strata, Public Liability
Posted 08 November 2021
It is the responsibility of an owners corporation to ensure that common property is reasonably safe to users. This responsibility can be three dimensional and often with a degree of overlap.…
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Strata and Community Title Developments
Posted 14 October 2021
The NSW Government has proclaimed the commencement date for the Community Land Management Act 2021 (CLMA) and Community Land Development Act 2021, as well as their associated regulations – all set t…
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Strata and Community Title Developments
Posted 13 October 2021
The long awaited update to the Community Schemes legislation is expected to commence on 1 December 2021 this year. The changes are significant and apply to almost all aspects of the community legislat…
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Strata, Urban Renewal
Posted 14 September 2021
There are numerous ways to terminate a strata scheme such as approaching the Registrar-General or forcing a sale pursuant to the strata renewal process, but how do you achieve this if the required con…
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By-Laws, Building Defects, Renovations, Urban Renewal, Conveyancing
Posted 14 September 2021
It is not uncommon for co-owners to have disputes over property. When these disputes occur, a co-owner may apply to the Supreme Court for the property to be held on the statutory trust for sale or par…
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Strata
Posted 06 September 2021
On 1 July 2020, the Design and Building Practitioners - Particulars for Regulated Designs Order 2021 (Regulated Designs Order) came into effect. Under section 5(3) of the Design and Building Practitio…
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Strata, By-Laws
Posted 24 August 2021
Amendments to the Strata Management Schemes Act 2015 (NSW) (SSMA) and its regulations came into effect on 24 August 2021. These changes significantly move the legal position on pets from the recent Co…
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Strata, Management Agreements
Posted 24 August 2021
There has been a widespread practice of extending caretaking or building management agreements to get around the 10 year cap in the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (SSMA 2015). In the recent appeal…
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