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Author Archives: allisonbensonau
Insurances, Commissions and Kickbacks in our Strata & Community Title Schemes
My thoughts on the ABC investigation into insurances, commissions and kickbacks within our strata and community title schemes in the context of strata & community title legislation and fiduciary obligations (in particular the duty to disclose).
Strata schemes & General Meetings – when must they be held & how are they called?
When are general meetings required in strata schemes? How do you require them to be called and what notice is required? This blog tackles these questions
Strata Schemes and Restrictions on voting by proxy, a power of attorney or as a company nominee
Strata Schemes and voting restrictions on proxies and the new restrictions on powers of attorneys and company nominees
Strata Schemes & Restrictions on Developer Voting Rights
This is a short discussion on the restrictions imposed on the voting rights of developers of strata schemes in NSW.
Repairs v Improvements to the Common Property: When is a repair a repair?
What is the standard of repair for owners corporation repairing common property? When is work a repair v an upgrade?
Strata Managers: Terminating and transferring agreements
This is a short discussion on terminating strata management agreements (it can get quite complicated quite quickly!) and transferring them.
Strata Managers: Appointing them & term of appointment
This is a short discussion on how to appoint a strata managing agent and the time frame that they can be appointed for. Transcript Hi. It’s Allison Benson from Thoughts […]
By-laws and Strata & Community title schemes Management Statements and the effect of uncertainty, inconsistency and power
Interpretation of by-laws has been the subject of a string of cases after the 2015 Strata Schemes Management Act reforms raiting issues of whether a by-law is harsh, unconscionable oppressive and the power to make a by-law. Now the Court of Appeal has interpreted a strata management statement and considered inconsistency and power to make management statements.
Building Managers: How to transfer or terminate agreements
This is a short discussionon transferring or terminating building management agreements under the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015.
Thoughts from a strata lawyer ... 