Short term letting affecting Strata
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 North Queensland and what an adjudicator […]
Legal Action Limitation Periods Explained
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 10.47pm on a Saturday night – there is a deadline […]
Is it Defamatory to Call Someone Unfinancial?
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 general meetings. A lot owner sued a strata manager for defamation for doing […]
Defamation in Strata
Defamation in Strata An article written by Hynes Legal Most of our articles are Queensland centric. This one is effectively national, because while defamation is something that our constitution deems a State issue, each State has adopted the same defamation legislation. So, while this case was decided in NSW, its implications and findings are national. Defamation […]