by Erika Hanrahan | Mar 4, 2022 | News, Strata
“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...
by Erika Hanrahan | Feb 18, 2022 | News, Strata
What are your rights? Abandoned vehicles on common property in strata schemes are governed by the Uncollected Goods Act 1995 (“Act”). A person/owners corporation may dispose of the abandoned vehicle or goods, providing that they comply with the procedures set out in...
by Erika Hanrahan | Dec 22, 2021 | News, Strata
Is the design and building practitioners act an extra arrow in the quiver of homeowners for building defect claims? The Owners – Strata Plan No 87060 v Loulach Developments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1068 State of play Statutory warranties would under the Home...
by Erika Hanrahan | Nov 8, 2021 | News, Strata
By-laws can often become a headache for everyone involved in strata. Our blog takes a look at why it is important that they are clearly drafted and easily interpreted. What are by-laws? All strata schemes have a set of by-laws (rules) that owners, occupiers...
by Erika Hanrahan | Sep 2, 2021 | News, Strata
Pet Laws are now part of the Strata Schemes Management Act On 25 August 2021, the proposed pet by-laws were officially legislated as part of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (SSMA Act) making the keeping of pets in strata schemes a whole lot easier for...
by Erika Hanrahan | Jul 19, 2021 | News, Property, Strata
You may recall at the beginning of COVID-19, we released an article on outdated business interruption policies which referred to the Quarantine Act 1908 and the challenge for insurers to exclude cover for losses stemming from human infectious and contagious diseases...
