Strata Law Articles

On 16 March 2021, the NSW Parliament passed the Community Land Management Bill 2021 and the Community Land Development Bill 2021. The bills will repeal and update the Community Land Management Act 1989 and the Community Land Development Act 1989 in order to align the...

The Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Short-term Rental Accommodation) Regulation 2021 will commence on 30 July 2021 (“the Regulation”). The Regulation amends the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000. The Regulation prohibits a dwelling...

According to the Strata Schemes Management Amendment (COVID-19) Regulation (No 2) 2020, the amendments made to the Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016 in response to the public health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will now...

On 11 November 2020, the NSW Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Vickery v The Owners – Strata Plan No 80412 [2020] NSWCA 284. The history of the matter involved a lot owner in a strata scheme who claimed that the owners corporation breached its obligation...

On 11 November 2020, the NSW Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Vickery v The Owners – Strata Plan No 80412 [2020] NSWCA 284. The history of the matter involved a lot owner in a strata scheme who claimed that the owners corporation breached its obligation...

As part of the continued regulation of the short term letting industry, the NSW Government has released a mandatory Code of Conduct ("the Code") which will commence on 18 December 2020.  The Code will apply to short term rental accommodation industry participants,...

In Cooper v The Owners - Strata Plan No 58068 [2020] NSWCA 250, a decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal delivered on 12 October 2020, the Court of Appeal determined that a by-law imposing a blanket prohibition on the keeping of pets (save in respect of...

Introduction The NSW Parliament recently passed the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (“DBPA”). New Statutory Duty of Care Part 4 of the DBPA, which commenced on 11 June 2020, establishes a new statutory duty of care. Generally speaking, any person who...

Introduction Does the owners corporation have the right to repeal a common property rights by-law granting exclusive use or special privileges over common property to a lot owner without obtaining the written consent of that owner? Common Property Rights Bylaws - What...

In the recent NCAT Appeal Panel decisions of The Owners – Strata Plan No 74835 v Pullicin; The Owners – Strata Plan No 80412 v Vickery [2020] NSWCATAP 5, the Appeal Panel held that the Tribunal or commonly known as "NCAT" does not have the power to order damages or...