by Andrew Andreyev | Dec 7, 2020
The rising and largely unregulated popularity of short term leasing in high rise complex buildings has caused disruption to many strata title and company title communities. As a long term resident in a company title or strata title building, you may have fallen victim...
by Andrew Andreyev | 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 Andrew Andreyev | Oct 17, 2020
By now you would have heard all about the Supreme Court of Appeal decision in Cooper v The Owners – Strata Plan No 58068 [2020] NSWCA (Cooper). If you missed our recent article on Cooper and what it means for pets bans and by-laws in strata schemes, you can read all...
by Andrew Andreyev | 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 Andrew Andreyev | Jun 10, 2020
On 27 May 2020, we commented on the NSW Government’s response to providing the strata industry with relief arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, the NSW Government was empowered with ‘regulation making power’ to pass regulations that assists the strata...
