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Strata changes affect investors and tenant

Strata, Strata Reform

Posted 22 August 2016

Pets get the green light but smokers will have to be careful. Important reforms affecting NSW strata investors and occupants will start on November 30. Investors and owner-occupiers need to unde…

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Savvy Investors see big profits in new Strata Rules

Strata, Strata Reform

Posted 13 August 2016

In just over three months NSW strata apartment owners will have more rights running, renovating and reselling their properties thanks to reforms expected to herald nationwide changes to property manag…

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Interim orders for Unauthorised Works to Common Property

Strata, NCAT and Court Proceedings, Renovations

Posted 26 July 2016

Bannermans were given instructions for interim orders to stop a lot owner carrying out unauthorised works to common property including works requiring waterproofing. Interim orders were granted and se…

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Flame On? Concerning Aluminium Claddings Findings in VIC – Are Your Building Materials Compliant?

Strata, Building Defects, Construction

Posted 25 July 2016

Following a significant fire in a 23 storey apartment building in Melbourne’s Docklands area on 25 November 2014 (the Lacross Apartments Fire), the rapid spread of which was attributable to a compos…

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Building Defect Case Note: The importance of being… armed with timely legal and expert advice

Building Defects

Posted 10 June 2016

Building Defects – Lessons from the ACT experience ACT owners corporations are experiencing the same practical difficulties as NSW when dealing with building defects. …

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Certifiers Under Fire

Strata, Building Defects, Certifiers, Planning Approvals

Posted 24 June 2016

We explore below three of the significant recent developments in case law concerning building certification practices.…

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Submissions on the Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016 and Strata Schemes Development Regulation 2016

Strata, Strata Reform

Posted 18 May 2016

Submissions on the Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016 and Strata Schemes Development Regulation 2016 Introduction This is a submission from Bannermans Lawyers addressing a number of issues …

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Proximate Cause – The Wayne tank principle and the three little pigs

Strata Insurance

Posted 06 March 2023

You may have recently seen in the papers that building in Lidcombe where the roof blew off in January and the owners found themselves in the situation with a strata policy which covers storm damage bu…

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