The recent NSW Court of Appeal Decision of The Owners – Strata Plan No. 74232 v Tezel [2023] NSWCA 35 (“Tezel”) determined that the two-year limitation period imposed by section 106(6) of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (“SSMA”) begins from the time at which the owner was first aware of the type of loss that is the subject of the complaint…
On 1 January 2023, the Retail Leases Regulation 2022 (the “Regulation”) commenced, offering further inclusions for the types of businesses included under Schedule 1 of the Retail Leases Act 1994 (the “Act”).
Gyms and bars now fall under the definition of retail shop and are the latest beneficiary of stronger protections provided under the Act.
What happens when co-owners end up in a dispute over property?
Whether it be siblings, friends or a domestic or matrimonial relationship breakdown if an agreement does not exist and the parties cannot come to a commercial arrangement for the sale of the property, one co-owner can apply to the Court under section 66G of the Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) (the “Act”).
Changes to strata and community scheme laws start on 30 September 2022. The changes cover electronic voting for meetings and using an electronic form of the seal when executing documents.
Strata schemes in NSW are now required to lodge an annual return with the Department of Fair Trading. We cover what you need to do to comply.
Are developers required to seek consent before operating cranes over adjoining properties? The short answer is YES. In most circumstances, individual landowners and owners corporations will own the airspace above their property and a developer will require your consent to swing a crane through that airspace.
Residential Apartment Buildings Act (RABA) – how does it fit into the grand scheme of building regulation?
Strata schemes in New South Wales will be required to lodge an annual return with the Department of Fair Trading from 1 May 2022. Failure to do so may give rise to a fine for the owners corporation.
Two lot strata schemes are very common these days, however they do present unique and special challenges compared to your ordinary apartment/villa type strata schemes. Our blog takes a look at these in further detail.
“You can’t park here, it’s visitor parking only”…. It’s a comment that rings out regularly throughout strata schemes, sometimes in the form of a note on the windscreen, but owners corporations are rarely aware of their power to prevent residents from parking in visitor car spaces. This parking issue will only become more widespread as the number of large strata schemes increase, as visitor car spaces are often required as part of an application to develop and construct a new residential strata scheme.