In Owners Strata Plan 64415 v Serman, the Supreme Court of New South Wales considered whether, and in what circumstances, an Owners Corporation can be ordered to give security for…
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Owners Corporations often have to wrestle with the possibility that the builder and developer are unable to pay to rectify defects. They are inevitably not insured. If the building is…
The recent NSW Supreme Court judgment of Stevenson J in In the matter of Edgecliff Car Rentals Pty Ltd (Deregistered) [2017] NSWSC 244 serves as a reminder to practitioners to very carefully…
More than 3 Million people live in a unit (lot) in a building, either as the owner or a tenant, that is part of a strata scheme. Each strata scheme has…
In The Owners SP 76841 v. Ceerose Pty Ltd, the Supreme Court recently refused an Owners Corporation’s application to amend its claim to add a substantial defect that had not…
The evolution of digital sharing has transformed the global economy and its proliferation has grown with enormous speed. With the ultimate demise of timeshare, short-term letting is the new fashion. However, short-term letting…
The rise of AirBNB has imposed some interesting challenges for those who own, reside or manage a strata scheme. In this podcast, David Sachs of Sachs Gerace Lawyers reflects on a recent…
In November this year, a whole raft of new strata legislation is coming into place in New South Wales. We spoke specifically about how these changes will impact executive committees…
After some hesitation, it appears that the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015, the Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016, the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 and the Strata Schemes Development Regulation…
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