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Design & Building Practitioners Act 2020

Building Defects

Posted 15 June 2021

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Mad about Magnesite?

Strata, Building Defects

Posted 24 October 2024

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Exploding Glass Panels – Building Defects

Building Defects

Posted 31 May 2021

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Can I use that Document too? – Not without copyright

Strata

Posted 20 May 2021

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The What’s and Why’s of VOI’s

Strata, By-Laws

Posted 12 May 2021

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Handling Insurance Disputes – Internal Reviews / External Reviews

Insurance Disputes

Posted 12 May 2021

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Control of Unauthorised Parking – Common Sense Prevails

Strata

Posted 05 May 2021

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Unauthorised Parking – What can Owners Corporations Do?

Strata, By-Laws

Posted 05 September 2023

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Be wary of any Combustible Cladding material in excess of 8% PE

Building Defects

Posted 03 May 2021

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Retaining Walls and The Dividing Fences Act – What You and Your Neighbours Need To Know!

Strata

Posted 04 September 2023

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PEXA and Registration of By-Laws

Strata, By-Laws

Posted 16 March 2021

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Need to install or replace Smoke Alarms? Who is Liable?

Strata

Posted 18 February 2021

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Design & Building Practitioners Act 2020

Building Defects

Posted 15 June 2021

Introduction The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (“Act”) greatly improves the prospects of owners corporations and lot owners in buildi…

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Mad about Magnesite?

Strata, Building Defects

Posted 24 October 2024

What is Magnesite Flooring? Magnesite flooring was commonly installed in Australia throughout the 1960’s and up until the early 1980’s. It involve…

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Exploding Glass Panels – Building Defects

Building Defects

Posted 31 May 2021

The problem of nickel sulphide particles causing toughened glass panels to spontaneously shatter or explode without any mechanical damage being caused…

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Can I use that Document too? – Not without copyright

Strata

Posted 20 May 2021

One great way to incur a large debt is to reuse a commercial document without the consent of the copyright owner. We see this regularly and it rarely …

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The What’s and Why’s of VOI’s

Strata, By-Laws

Posted 12 May 2021

There appears to a great deal of confusion regarding the verification of identity (VOI) process and in this factsheet we aim to clarify what VOI is al…

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Handling Insurance Disputes – Internal Reviews / External Reviews

Insurance Disputes

Posted 12 May 2021

Insurance disputes happen for many different reasons and under all kinds of policies but typically involve a different set of expectations (or even un…

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Control of Unauthorised Parking – Common Sense Prevails

Strata

Posted 05 May 2021

Bannermans Lawyers’ clients recently achieved a great result in the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal (“Tribunal”), which we expect will b…

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Unauthorised Parking – What can Owners Corporations Do?

Strata, By-Laws

Posted 05 September 2023

Parking is a vexing question. Owners corporations and their strata managing agents have been struggling with it for years. They are not helped by unce…

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Be wary of any Combustible Cladding material in excess of 8% PE

Building Defects

Posted 03 May 2021

The NSW Government has created the Cladding Product Safety Panel to provide expert advice to the NSW Cladding Taskforce and the Cladding Support Unit …

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Retaining Walls and The Dividing Fences Act – What You and Your Neighbours Need To Know!

Strata

Posted 04 September 2023

Dividing fences and retaining walls The Dividing Fences Act 1991 (Act) now applies to retaining walls which provide support for a fence separating the…

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PEXA and Registration of By-Laws

Strata, By-Laws

Posted 16 March 2021

From 22 March 2021, Consolidation/Change of By-Laws dealings must be lodged electronically through Property Exchange Australia (“PEXA”), unless a …

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Need to install or replace Smoke Alarms? Who is Liable?

Strata

Posted 18 February 2021

Issues Proper management of smoke alarms within strata buildings, including initial installation and ongoing maintenance, is an important safety conce…

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