6 November 2019
Proposed Overhaul of Victorian Strata Law
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…
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News & Articles
30 October 2019
New disclosure requirements for NSW off-the-plan sales commencing 1 December 2019
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)…
14 October 2019
Innovation in Strata Management
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…
10 October 2019
Strata Development Pipeline report 2019
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…
17 September 2019
Enforcing an Adjudicator’s Order
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….
6 September 2019
What is a Building Management Statement?
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…
28 August 2019
Duties of Committee Members
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…
4 August 2019
Don’t forget the formalities!
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…
24 July 2019
Are retro strata buildings back in vogue?
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…
23 July 2019
Strata Titles – Australia’s least known export product.
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…
8 July 2019
Bond University becomes first Australian university to offer strata as a subject
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…
1 July 2019
Launch of Australia’s most authoritative strata law firm
On 1st July 2019, it was announced that Bugden Legal, a boutique law firm in Brisbane, merged with Sydney-based Allen Partners and will now be known as Bugden Allen Lawyers. Bugden Allen…