MANAGEMENT RIGHTS NEWS
Who Pays the Costs to Defend a Defamation Claim Involving a Committee Member?
Who Pays the Costs to Defend a Defamation Claim Involving Committee Members? Committee members naturally think that any claim made by or against them while performing their duties should be defended, at the cost of the body corporate (or its...
Fixing the Lottery this is Building Defects in NSW Strata Buildings
FIXING THE LOTTERY THAT IS BUILDING DEFECTS IN NSW STRATA BUILDINGS We have all heard about the appalling building defects that have occurred in a number of new strata buildings in Sydney in recent years. Complexes such as “Opal Tower” and...
Pros and Cons of Pooled Letting
PROS AND CONS OF POOLED LETTING When an owner lets out their unit through an on-site letting agent, there are two ways that the owner’s letting income is typically calculated. These can be described as the “direct income” method or the...
What is Gallery Vie
WHAT IS GALLERY VIE? What is Gallery Vie, and why is the caretaker wanting to vary the caretaking agreement? Gallery Vie is the name of a strata building which was involved in a 2015 Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT)...
Termination of Residential Tenancies in NSW after the COVID-19 Moratorium
TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES IN NSW AFTER THE COVID-19 MORATORIUM The temporary tenancy moratorium introduced by the NSW Government to restrict when landlords could evict residential tenants due to rental arrears as a result of...
Changes to NSW Strata Laws
CHANGES TO NSW STRATA LAWS There are now 81,717 strata schemes registered in NSW and every year this number grows by more than 1,000 across both Sydney and regional NSW. Minister for Better Regulation, Kevin Anderson, has stated that, with...