by JFM Team | Nov 13, 2020
UPDATE: NCAT can now award damages in strata disputes. The owners corporation in a strata scheme is the legal owner of the common property. It has a strict duty to ensure that the common property is kept in good and serviceable repair.[1] If the common property in...
by JFM Team | Nov 12, 2020
There has been an increase in conveyancing activity in the Sydney market recently – for both buyers and sellers. Most people engage a local conveyancer for their property. This generally makes sense for most standard residential sales. After all, lawyers usually...
by JFM Team | Oct 14, 2020
Now that the decision in Cooper v The Owners – Strata Plan No 58068 [2020] NSWCA 250 (Cooper) has been handed down, you may be wondering if the recent NSW Court of Appeal decision also applies to company title buildings. If you missed our article on Cooper and what it...
by JFM Team | Oct 12, 2020
In a landmark decision published by the Court of Appeal on 12 October 2020, it has been finally held that a blanket ban on pets in a strata scheme is invalid on the basis that the by-law is oppressive. A short history The interpretation of the law[1] relating to...
by Mariam Chalak | Oct 12, 2020
In a landmark decision published by the Court of Appeal in the Supreme Court of New South Wales today, it is finally settled that a by-law creating a blanket ban on pets in a strata scheme is invalid on the basis that such a by-law is oppressive. The decision in...
by JFM Team | May 27, 2020
Are you pro-pets or against them? Maybe this issue doesn’t boil-over when you’re living in a detached home. But when it comes to communal living in a strata building – this is a hot topic on which people hold very strong views. After all this time,...
