Using electronic surveillance devices in NSW
This is a brief run through of key provisions in the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW) covering the use of listening devices and optical surveillance devices.
This is a brief run through of key provisions in the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW) covering the use of listening devices and optical surveillance devices.
A quick look at the evolving case law considering section 139(1) of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 and the restriction on harsh, unconscionable and oppressive by-laws.
What are company title schemes? They are the pre-curser to our modern strata schemes. This is a brief introduction to company title schemes.
This is a short discussion on one of the points from the recent NSW Court of Appeal decision in The Owners – Strata Plan No. 74232 v Tezel [2023] NSWCA 35 and in particular the time limit on when claims can be made for a lot owner’s loss due to the owners corporation’s failure to maintain and repair the common property.
Strata and community title schemes are private property. Anti-discrimination laws generally regulate the public sphere. What happens when anti-discrimination legislation applies to strata and community title schemes?
I’m in Singapore for our ACSL conference and am amazed by the things this mega city has done right. Here are my thoughts
Strata and community title schemes are privately owned. Anti-discrimination legislation is generally focussed on public behaviour. In this blog I discuss how anti-discrimination law has been applied to strata schemes.
Some thoughts on how to deal with difficult people in your scheme.
In more good news for non-smokers, the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal made orders on 11 October 2022 preventing lot owners from smoking on the balcony of their lot or anywhere within their lot that would cause smoke, fumes or odour from the tabaco to drift into another lot.
Whether or not by-laws empowering the owners corporation to recover costs were valid has been asked, and answered, in two recent cases. In both cases the by-laws were held to be invalid.