Latest Articles From the LookUpStrata Blog

NSW Q: Can a committee submit a motion?

Carlo Fini,
Lewis & Charles Lawyers

NAT: Strata Insurance Webinar  – April 2021

Tyrone Shandiman,
Strata Insurance Solutions

QLD Q: Does the Body Corporate have to vote on each bylaw separately when voting for a new community management statement or do they vote for the Bylaws as a whole? Do the bylaws have to be set out in the motion and resolution?

Todd Garsden, Mahoneys

SA Q: Our self managed strata is not maintaining lawns and controlling weeds on the common property grounds.


Carrie McInerney,
Horner Management

NSW Q: Our fairly new building has leakage issues. The builder is now bankrupt and the leaks have started again. Is there Home Warranty Insurance?

Pierrette Khoury,
Khoury Lawyers

QLD: Debt disputes – a case study

QCAT decided that an owner who had paid a bill could only be reimbursed if the payment had been made ‘under a mistake’.
Michelle Scott,
Commissioner for the Office of BCCM

NSW: Time Limitations in Damages Claims for Failure to Maintain and Repair the Common Property

Allison Benson, Kerin Benson Lawyers

QLD: Garbage Chutes Not as Insignificant as They Seem

Bradley van Xanten,
UOAQ

Last Edition's Star Articles

QLD: What’s in your sinking fund forecast?

As documents go, sinking fund forecasts aren’t that too hard to read, but they are packed full of information about the running of a body corporate scheme that’s easy to overlook.
William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate

NSW Q: We had no knowledge an EGM was held to appoint a new strata management agent. Is this legal? Isn’t 7 day’s notice required for an EGM?

Leanne Habib,
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