This case note has been taken from the recently published second-edition of a Guide to ACT Strata Law. A physical copy of the full text can be purchased here.
The defendant (the Owners) owned and controlled the common property of a strata title industrial complex at a site in Berkeley, NSW (the site). On 12 June 2020 a…
This article provides an overview of a webinar presented by Matthew Lo, Special Counsel at Kerin Benson Lawyers, focusing on the significant changes introduced by the Strata Schemes Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 in New South Wales. The webinar aimed to equip owners corporations and stakeholders with the knowledge to understand the implications of this new legislation and…
View the webinar with Chris Kerin from Kerin Benson Lawyers and Nikki Jovicic from Lookupstrata discussing upcoming changes for NSW strata managing agents.
ABC Investigation on the Strata Management Industry
The ABC has made a number of allegations in relation to the practices of Netstrata in relation to insurance commissions, fees, kickbacks, etc.
To read the ABC article, click here.
Kerin Benson Lawyer's Comments on the ABC Investigation
Matthew Lo, Special Counsel at Kerin Benson Lawyers, has provided a response to the issues…
Snapshot
The Residential Apartment Buildings (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Act 2020 imposes greater obligations on developers and introduces significant investigative and enforcement powers for the NSW Government.
Developers are now obliged to notify the Secretary of the Department of Customer Service of the expected completion date of building work.
NSW Government has greater power…
Cracking up – a Four Corners report that highlights the issues of faced in strata and other high rise buildings featuring our own Christopher Kerin.
In February 2019 the NSW Government released their response to the Shergold Weir Building Confidence Report. This was followed by the NSW Government’s Building Stronger Foundations Discussion Paper in June 2019. The public was invited to provide the NSW Government with their submissions in relation to this discussion paper. Kerin Benson Lawyers has now provided…
On 28 February 2019 His Honour Judge Woodward delivered his judgement which is the first major decision in Australia regarding the liability of building industry entities involved in the design and construction of a building with combustible cladding. The subject of the judgement was a fire which took place in November 2014 at the Lacrosse…
NSW Government – building standards update The newly re-elected Berejiklian Government has announced its plan in response to the Building Confidence Report commissioned by the Building Ministers’ Forum in August 2017. The independent expert review by Professor Peter Shergold AC and Bronwyn Weir examined building regulatory systems around Australia and found there are national problems…
Leonard & Anor v Michie & Ors (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 14 is a recent decision by ACAT which was determined on 31 January 2019. It is of interest to strata managers given it is the only decision of any jurisdiction in the ACT which considers allegations of breaches of the executive committee Code of…
In the matter of Cestaro v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 457 NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal of 12 February 2019 (unreported), it was held that security bars affixed to the external windows of a lot were common property. The lot owner applicant alleged that security bars that they had installed in 2004 and…
Christopher Kerin was quoted in the Australian Financial Review in relation to the off-the-plan apartment building frenzy. To read the full article click here.