Tips & Traps in Enforcing By-laws
Poor behaviour in the scheme wears on lot owners – how do you try to prevent it? By-laws. How do you enforce the by-laws? Here are some tips and traps.
Tag Archives: by-laws
When is a short term letting by-law harsh, unconscionable and oppressive?
In NSW, by-laws can regulate short term letting however arbitrary fees and costs or bonds may mean your schemes by-law is harsh, unconscionable or oppressive and invalid.
Sustainability Series: Part 6 – What is the new statutory restriction on by-laws for sustainability infrastructure works?
In this penultimate blog of this Sustainability Series I want to discuss the new restriction in relation to proposed works by-laws for the installation of sustainability infrastructure.
Absolute prohibitions in by-laws – are they are no no?
In the Shah case absolute prohibitions in by-laws is tested further developing our understanding of what may make a by-law harsh, unconscionable or oppressive
The Rule of Law in Strata Title Schemes
Why is the rule of law important? How does it apply to strata and community title and are under or over regulated?
What Makes Strata By-Laws Unconscionable? An update
An update on what can be considered harsh, unconscionable and oppressive with our by-laws. Spoiler alert – it can be how they are applied!
What is a by-law? And why are they important?
What is a by-law? Great question, this is a quick dive into the world of strata by-laws, what they are and why they are important
Strata & Community Title Update 2025 – Part 2 – Accessibility Infrastructure
This is part two of a series of six bite sized blogs on the changes to our NSW strata and community title legislation this year and deals with the changes relating to Accessibility Infrastructure
Air-conditioners, kitchen renos and EV chargers: What happens when a building does not have enough electrical capacity?
Energy capacity, or lack thereof, and how our schemes are dealing with it is becoming a big issue. I was promoted to write this blog after a LookUp Strata reader raised the issue of their scheme banning AC installations due to a lack of capacity. I’ve set out some of the available approaches.
Some ideas on regulating the use of EV chargers in your scheme
Walking around my home I was (un)pleasantly surprised by the number of items that I had that use a lithium-ion battery. Given the coverage of the risks of these batteries […]
Thoughts from a strata lawyer ... 