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You can sell or redevelop a Strata Building in NSW even if some owners don’t agree

Strata, Strata Reform

Posted 14 December 2015

Proposed new strata legislation will make it possible for developers to access older strata buildings even where some lot owners are opposed. Currently, such opposition is usually fatal to such a p…

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Renovating Strata units – New laws, New Opportunities

Strata, Renovations, Strata Reform

Posted 08 December 2015

Owners of investment properties will, from time to time, carry out renovations. In fact, an investment property owner may even have acquired the property with a view to carrying out renovations and ma…

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Voluntary Planning Agreements: Useful Strategy for Developers

Planning Approvals

Posted 07 December 2015

Voluntary Planning Agreements involve developers making agreed contributions to councils and other consent authorities, which can be applied to public purposes. The way in which contributions are made…

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Vexatious Litigants – What to do when Don Quixote comes after your windmills

Strata, NCAT and Court Proceedings

Posted 01 December 2015

One of the many frustrating scenarios faced by strata owners corporations, their executive committees and their lot owners is when a lot owner with a perceived grievance subjects them to seemingly end…

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Back in the Pocket – Tips on record keeping for out of pocket expenses

Building Defects

Posted 01 December 2015

We have acted in hundreds of building defects claims and a fairly consistent problem we encounter causing many legitimate out of pocket repairs unable to be claimed is the lack of records and/or the l…

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Statute Eclipses Sunset Clauses: Conveyancing Amendment (Sunset Clause) Act 2015

Conveyancing

Posted 01 December 2015

On 24 November 2015, the Conveyancing Amendment (Sunset Clauses) Act 2015 ("the Act") was assented to by the NSW Parliament and came into force. The preamble states that it is an Act "to prevent a dev…

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The Builder, the Developer and its Architect

Contracts

Posted 30 November 2015

A lesson in the need for letters of intent and/or license agreements for works in contract negotiation stage In a Nutshell Developers and builders should give careful consideration to entering i…

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Resolving Disputes at Strata Meetings – The Role of the Strata Managing Agent

Meetings and Records

Posted 01 November 2015

We are constantly being told how many people live in strata schemes. Currently a quarter of the population of greater Sydney lives in strata title and it is anticipated that by 2040 this figure will r…

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Insurer’s recovery action depends on the Policy wording

Strata Insurance

Posted 24 November 2015

The New South Wales Supreme Court recently confirmed that an insurer's right to subrogation and recovery under its policy arises from the conduct of particular parties in particular circumstances.…

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