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As of 1 October 2019, an amendment to the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 limited the term of agreements for the supply of electricity, gas or other utilities with an…

Victoria is in the final stages of public consultation for its upcoming strata reform legislation. This seeks to overhaul their current system into something which is more in line with…

By Emma Smythies* New legislative reforms for off-the-plan contracts for sale in NSW will become effective from 1 December 2019.  The reforms in the Conveyancing Legislation Amendment Act 2018 and Conveyancing (Sale of Land)…

By Gary Bugden OAM* Forward This article was written by Gary Bugden in 2012 and published in Inside Strata Magazine. When the article was written in 2012, the $52 per…

PRDnationwide recently released their “Strata Development Pipeline Capital City Metro Areas” report for 2019. This report is a treasure trove of information relating to the pipeline of strata developments in…

By Gary Bugden* One way to resolve a body corporate dispute is to obtain an Adjudicator’s order to compel a person to do something, or to refrain from doing something….

A building management statement (“BMS”) is essentially an agreement between two or more entities that share and maintain a particular area or service within a building.  It is the key…

Being elected as a committee member in Queensland is more significant than what most owners think. Decisions of a committee are decisions of the body corporate and its powers must…

For lot owners in smaller body corporate schemes, particularly in 2 lot schemes, it may be tempting to neglect some of the formalities required under body corporate or owners corporation…

Strata managers and lawyers will tell you building defects have been a consistent issue in the apartment sector for many years. The problem however has not been highlighted to the…

By – Gary Bugden OAM* Strata titles was first introduced in NSW in 1961 to replace a range of apartment ‘ownership’ schemes which arose during the post-war housing crisis in…

Bugden Allen Lawyers partner, Gary Bugden, has accepted a professorial appointment at Bond University to deliver a new subject, “Strata and Community Titles”. The new subject is being offered as…