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Category: Management Agreements

Who Let the Termites in?

By-Laws, Levy Recovery, Management Agreements

Posted 30 September 2021

Whilst the most common strata building defects are still generally water ingress from defective membranes and window sealants as well as the fire and life safety non-compliances we are now also seeing…

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10 Years and Terminated: Court upholds cap to Pre-2003 Building Management Agreement

Strata, Management Agreements

Posted 25 August 2021

There has been a widespread practice of extending caretaking or building management agreements to get around the 10 year cap in the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (SSMA 2015). In the recent appeal…

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How far can 5% Ratchet increases in Management Agreements go?

Strata, Management Agreements

Posted 04 November 2019

The majority of strata schemes across the country have builder managers, caretakers and strata managers in place to assist the owners corporation in managing and maintaining common property. Under leg…

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Acquisition of Strata Management Agency Business

Strata, Management Agreements

Posted 23 October 2017

A number of legal and practical issues arise when one proposes to acquire a strata management agency business and wishes to obtain the full benefit of the business acquired.…

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Management Rights – Fiduciary Duties – Developers

Strata, Management Agreements

Posted 23 October 2017

Management rights issues There have been a lot of enquiries about community associations and strata schemes being dissatisfied with caretaking/building management rights arrangements put in place b…

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Building Management Agreements

Strata, Management Agreements

Posted 23 October 2017

Building Management Agreements The Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (the Act) uses the term “building manager” in place of the term “caretaker”, which had been used under previous legisla…

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Agency Agreements Expiry Deadline – 29 May 2017

Strata, Management Agreements

Posted 13 March 2017

Many agency agreements are due to expire on 29 May 2017 due to the operation of Section 50(1) and clause 14(1) of Schedule 3 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015.…

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Democracy Rules, Ok? Well, not quite: Strata Managers and Section 237 Appointments

Strata, Management Agreements, NCAT and Court Proceedings, Strata Reform

Posted 28 October 2016

In a democracy, majority rules even if those decisions are bad. If you are in the minority, there is not much you can do until the next election (or annual general meeting) at which time you may try t…

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