Legal articles relating to legislation, disputes and civil suits
Hot on the heels of the lot entitlement review recommendations, we now have the recommendations paper in response to another of the BCCMA option papers….
There are new requirements for smoke alarms in all dwellings (being houses or units) from 1 January this year. The rules are not retrospective but…
A valid and current Caretaking Agreement and Letting Agreement (“Agreement”) with a healthy term remaining is one of the most valuable assets in a management…
It’s over. The longest running (and most expensive) dispute over a deck in Australia has been decided by the High Court. There are no appeals…
Throughout the year, unit owners are issued with a number of body corporate meeting notices. These notices could include information related to committee meetings, voting outside…
Acquiescence. Such a beautiful word. But not when it comes to by-law enforcement. Enforcing by-laws is not an optional activity. By-laws must be enforced, and…
Pokemon Go is all over the news with stories of people walking out onto roads into the path of cars and others being lured into…
Some time ago I published an article on what I thought was reasonable for a Body Corporate to request from a buyer of management rights, in…
Having grown up as a boy in Melbourne, before coming to the Gold Coast where I have been in our law practice for many, many…
Lawyers acting for buyers of Management Rights are often faced with the task of trying to explain to their clients problems which they may face…
