Building Defects
Posted 18 October 2014
Owners corporations enter into many agreements not realising the interim relief payment requirements that they may be subject to under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 1…
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Strata, eBooks
Posted 16 October 2014
Noise is one of the most common cause of complaints within residential strata buildings. Complaints may involve noise from hard floors and lack of appropriate floor coverings, mechanical noise from ai…
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Building Defects
Posted 08 October 2014
In a Nutshell
On 8 October 2014, the High Court in Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v Owners Corporation Strata Plan 61288 [2014] HCA 36 (“the Brookfield case”) found that a builder did not owe a duty …
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Strata, Archives
Posted 08 October 2014
In Xabregas v The Owners – Strata Plan No 79205; Moallem v Consumer Trader & Tenancy Tribunal (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 1027 (31 July 2014), the NSW Supreme Court emphasised the high responsibility of a s…
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Strata
Posted 28 September 2014
Ever more is expected of strata managing agents, in terms of the broad range of issues they are required to deal with and in terms of the high standards expected of them. This can make strata manageme…
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Strata, Management Agreements
Posted 08 September 2014
Strata managing agents provide a broad range of services to their owners corporation clients, ranging from accounting and other administration to property repairs and maintenance. This frequently nece…
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Strata, NCAT and Court Proceedings
Posted 18 August 2014
It’s not a bird and it’s not a plane. It’s a super tribunal.
On 1 January 2014, the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) will be established and take over from over 20 exi…
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Building Defects
Posted 19 August 2014
Dear Commissioner,
INTRODUCTION
I refer to your letter dated 18 July 2014 inviting comment on the draft Home Building Regulation 2014 and thank you for the opportunity to provide a response.…
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