Author: Nancy Torry

Nancy Torry joined Bugden Allen in 2021 as part of our amalgamation with Le Page Lawyers and has worked in strata law industry since 2003, first as a paralegal and later as a solicitor. Nancy has experience in strata and general debt recovery matters, by-law reviews, drafting and consolidation, personal and corporate insolvency, and litigation. She was admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court in 2019 and holds a current NSW Practising Certificate. Nancy has a Bachelor of Laws, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, and Graduate Diploma of Science (Astronomy), and has completed the Practice Management Course. She has been a Member of the Australasian College of Strata Lawyers (ACSL) since 2022. She is a member of the REEDI Governance Forum, the ACSL Research and Journal Committee, and the ACSL Development of Strata Laws Committee.

A Guide to the Strata Debt Recovery Reforms

A Guide to the Strata Debt Recovery Reforms A Guide to the Strata Debt Recovery Reforms The second phase of the reforms in the Strata Schemes Legislation Amendment Act 2025 come into force on 1 July 2025. The remaining changes concerning reforms to the recovery of contributions, payment plans, etc, will come into force later this year […]

Key Lessons from SafeWork NSW Prosecutions: Strata Management and Safety Compliance

A heart-breaking, cautionary tale for strata managers and owners corporations emerges from the decisions in SafeWork NSW v Chris Darby Strata Pty Ltd [2024] NSWDC 360 and SafeWork NSW v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93899 [2024] NSWDC 277. The strata company and Owners Corporation, together with the original developer, were recently criminally prosecuted for breaches of health […]

Stratum title: the manna of property title

Content In Hebrew, manna means “what is it?” Many have referred to a parent or spouse’s experimental cookery in this way or thought this after looking at a drawing their child had proudly presented to them. Similarly, many see stratum and think, “What is it?” Stratum title is common in modern developments, especially mixed use developments. It is often […]

Voidable transactions and the peak indebtedness rule

Content In a 2021 appeal decision of the full bench (Badenoch Integrated Logging Pty Ltd v Bryant, in the matter of Gunns Limited (in liq) (receivers and managers appointed) [2021] FCAFC 64), the Federal Court has overturned decades of precedent by deciding that the “peak indebtedness rule” did not apply to payments made by Gunns to […]