by Sunstate Strata | Aug 13, 2019 | Legal
Have you ever wondered what happens when a lot owner starts short term letting and how it affects the ability of the body corporate to get the required statutory insurance? If so, you might want to read this story about a dispute between owners of a two-lot scheme in...
by Sunstate Strata | Aug 7, 2019 | Legal
This article was written by Jason Carlson and Eloise Soper-Smith of Grace Lawyers. Whether it is taking on a developer for imposing an unfair caretaking agreement on the community or suing your neighbour for something terrible they said about you in that email sent at...
by Sunstate Strata | Jul 23, 2019 | Regulations
You might wonder why the question of who is a visitor, matters and if you do, you are in the strata minority. The ostensible abuse of visitor car parking privileges is the trigger for an enormous amount of body corporate angst. Interestingly enough, the Body...
by Sunstate Strata | Jun 28, 2019 | Regulations
Many bodies corporate are mistaken about their rights to access lots. There is a right to access a lot only for specific purposes and in accordance with the Act. If you want to read an appeal decision about whether a body corporate acted reasonably in accessing a lot,...
by Sunstate Strata | Jun 19, 2019 | Legal
This article was written by Frank Higginson at Hynes Legal It must be the season for ‘interesting’ defamation proceedings. This one will be of special interest to the strata managers (and perhaps chairpersons) out there who have to declare people unfinancial at...