by AllisonBenson | Aug 17, 2026 | Case Review, Levies, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
When recovering strata levies or defending an application by a lot owner in respect of the validity of a meeting, it is essential that you have good processes in place and can demonstrate that you have followed due process when sending meeting notices and levy...
by AllisonBenson | Aug 10, 2026 | By-Laws, Case Review, Legal Alert, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
A recent decision of the Appeal Panel of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (“NCAT”) indicates NCAT may have a wide power to order the making of a by-law different to that which the owners corporation rejected. The case dealt with when NCAT will make a common...
by AllisonBenson | Jul 27, 2026 | Building Defects, By-Laws, Case Review, News & Publications, NSW, Strata Disputes
This situation can, and does, happen. More often than you would think and the case The Owners – Strata Plan No 865 v Carroll [2026] NSWCATAP 58 provides some guidance for us. In that case, a common property rights by-law had been passed authorising the lot owner...
by AllisonBenson | Jun 3, 2026 | Case Review, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
In McGregor v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 74896 [2021] NSWCATCD 1, Mr Scott McGregor and his partner, Bernadette Eichner (Applicants) sought an order under s 157 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (SSMA) to be allowed to keep their 12 year old miniature fox...
