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New Strata Managing Agent Licensing Rules – Do Support Staff need a License?

Strata

Posted 02 July 2025

For an overview of the new rules, please read our article Real Estate Industry Reforms – Implications for the Strata Sector. Some agencies are bec…

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Combustible Cladding, Class Actions & Australian Consumer Law

Building Defects

Posted 17 December 2019

Strata owners facing the cost of council orders requiring the replacement of combustible cladding are looking for potential solutions against the manu…

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NSW First Cladding Decision

Building Defects

Posted 26 November 2019

NSW’s First Cladding Decision The recent Tribunal decision in SP92888 v Taylor Construction Group and Frasers Putney [2019] NSWCAT has held that c…

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Holes in the New Building Certification Regime

Building Defects

Posted 26 November 2019

The Office of Fair Trading sought submissions on the proposed Building and Development Certifiers Regulation 2019. The following is Bannermans submiss…

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The New Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulations 2019 (NSW)

Strata

Posted 22 November 2019

Amongst the recent raft of changes to the residential building industry, on 1 December 2019 the Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulations 2019 (NSW) wil…

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

Strata, Management Agreements

Posted 03 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 m…

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Security of Payment – Changes to Legislation: What Strata managers need to know

Strata

Posted 22 October 2019

With media reports of record insolvency levels in the constructions industry, the NSW Government has moved to tighten up the ability of Security of Pa…

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What’s holding you up? Neighbouring Excavations: The right to support

Strata

Posted 12 November 2019

Sydney’s Geology Starting 300 million years ago, a swamp forest started to subside, forming what we now known as the Sydney Basin. Then a river, 5 t…

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