by aslaumbe | Feb 12, 2024 | News, Strata Matters & Dispute News
Numerous changes to strata title legislation took effect on 11 December 2023. A recent report found that over 25% of people now live in strata-titled properties such as units and townhouses. These legal changes will affect more residents in the future. Key Changes to...
by aslaumbe | May 26, 2021 | News, Strata Matters & Dispute News
In October 2020 the NSW Court of Appeal ruled that a certain by-law in a strata scheme that imposed a blanket ban on the keeping of animals was oppressive and therefore invalid. Now the NSW Parliament has gone a step further and passed a new law, the Strata Schemes...
by aslaumbe | Aug 14, 2020 | Building Disputes News, Litigation News, News, Strata Matters & Dispute News
The Design and Building Practitioners Act commenced in NSW on 11 June 2020. It imposes a retrospective 10-year duty on certain professionals in the building and construction industries to exercise reasonable care. This duty aims to prevent economic loss caused by...
by aslaumbe | Nov 6, 2019 | Conveyancing News, News, Strata Matters & Dispute News
New Laws for Off-the-Plan Purchases Off-the-plan property buyers will soon get better protection when new laws come into effect on 1 December 2019. They will give purchasers greater rights and more certainty and will stop rorts like developers selling a one bedroom...
by aslaumbe | Nov 23, 2015 | Conveyancing News, Ligitations News, News, Strata Matters & Dispute News
New Laws for Off-The-Plan Purchases A new amendment to the Conveyancing Act 1919 was passed by the NSW Parliament and applies from 2 November 2015 to the purchase of off-the-plan residential strata units or residential lots i.e. strata units or land lots awaiting...
