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WA Subscribers: Strata Law Reform Information Sessions 2020
Featuring: Landgate, SCAWA + other
WA Strata Professionals Participate in a 2 min survey and tell us what you want from these sessions. Click here to share your thoughts or see below for more information ↓.
Question: At our AGM our owners corporation passed a resolution to appoint an auditor to audit all of our accounts. What is the procedure to appoint an auditor?
Frank Higginson,
Hynes Legal Question: We have a majority lot owner who owns almost half of the units in our complex. They are effectively running the complex, making unreasonable decisions, spending money from the sinking fund and raising levies. What can we do?
Jane Giacobbe,
Strata Reports Victoria Question: In a three lot scheme with little or no common areas, do we need to form an owners corporation or can we agree to act independently. What is the minimum we are required to do?
Anthony Quahe,
Civic Legal The SAT may order the appointment of an administrator to a strata company where it is appropriate to resolve a strata dispute. Such an order will only be appropriate in exceptional circumstances.
Frank Higginson,
Hynes Legal The ongoing battle about bodies corporate having the right to prohibit short-term letting has attracted a lot of attention, some of which has been nothing but clickbait. At the core of this though is a fundamental principle: what right should a body corporate have to regulate what goes on behind a property owner’s front door?
Sustainability Programs,
City of Sydney We are aware of numerous owners corporations who have received letters of demand for alleged “shortfall” amounts due to their management company for amounts of over a quarter of a million dollars, resulting from the manager incorrectly increasing the fee amounts annually in their invoices..
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WA: Strata schemes law reform information sessions in 2020. What do you want and where?
We are looking at running a series of FREE seminars around Perth in March 2020 about the coming reforms. We will be joined by Landgate, SCAWA and a Group of hand picked Strata Professionals to provide you with the most current update on the changes. We would like your suggestions. Register your interest, indicate which session, tell us what you want to know. We've created a 2 min survey. Tell us what you want by clicking here.
WA: Proposed reforms to the approval process for commercial buildings
Building and Energy is inviting WA to share their views on ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the commercial building approval process, including the process for approving apartment buildings. To find out more click here. Submissions close 3 Apr.
