by JFM Team | Jul 30, 2021
Purchasing property can be a big deal. Unfortunately, the antiquated language of ‘land law’ has made purchasing property complicated for first timers. If you’re ‘in the market’, no doubt you will have come across an endless stream of legal terminology that has no use...
by JFM Team | 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 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 | 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 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,...
