In Keeping With The Rest of the Building In the recent NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision of The Owners – Strata Plan 30198 v Barnes [2018] NSWCATCD 8 the Tribunal was required to determine the meaning of the words “in keeping with the rest of the...
Introduction With the increasing number of people living in strata schemes, many owners are trying to find ways to add more value to their unit, townhouse or villa by way of renovations and/or obtaining exclusive use rights over valuable areas of common property...
Introduction In this article I propose to address the not uncommon situation of where a party to legal proceedings in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal objects to another party being legally represented by a particular lawyer or a particular law firm on the...
On 8 January 2018, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s Appeal Panel handed down the long awaited decision in The Owners Strata Plan No 30521 v Shum [2018] NSWCATAP 15. The Tribunal Proceedings before the Appeal By way of background, in the original...
What are Common Property Rights By-laws? A Common Property Rights By-law is one which confers on the owner or owners of a specified lot or lots in the strata scheme: a right of exclusive use and enjoyment of the whole or any specified part of the common property; or...
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