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NSW: Thoo v Owners - Strata Plan No 50276 [2014] HCASL 79

The Pros and Cons of Self Managed Body Corporates

QLD: Are recovery costs a body corporate debt?

This has been a question vexing the strata management industry for some time.
Most owners pay their levies on time. Some don’t. It is without doubt that the levies and interest are recoverable from the non-paying owner concerned. What has been a source of conjecture (and some inconsistent judicial decisions over the past few years) has been the recoverabil....

Body corporate awarded costs in levy recovery dispute

Minding Your Own Business

NSW: Timing is Everything - Count the days in an AGM or you won't be Counting the Levies

In a recent decision in The Owners – Strata Plan No 62022 v Sahade [2013] NSWSC 2002 the Supreme Court agreed with the Local Court that a levy was not validly raised because the meeting was invalid because the notice period was one day short of what it should have be...

What does the Privacy Act mean for management rights?

By now, most of you may know the Federal government’s Privacy Act 1988 (the Act) has been amended. It applies to basically every business in Australia.
If you are caught by the amendments there are now 13 Privacy Principles which you must abide by. The amendments deal primarily with the collection, use and disclosure of personal...