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.
In this case the owners corporation’s rules required any unit owner who wished to replace carpet in their unit to ensure the replacement material met an acceptable level of…
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 applicants are the owners of three units in a block of six. The respondents are the owners corporation and the owners of three other units with a combined…
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On Thursday 14 December 2023 the Committee decided to hold an inquiry into the Bill (Inquiry).
On Thursday…
The issue in this case was whether reduced quorum decisions made at an annual general meeting held on 16 December 2021 took effect where the owners corporation gave notice of the reduced quorum decisions to unit owners on 4 January 2022, that is, more than seven calendar days after the meeting.
There was no dispute…
On 30 April 2020 sections 3 and 111 of the Unit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2020 commenced (the remaining provisions of the Unit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2020 will commence on 1 November 2020) and the Unit Titles (Management) Amendment Regulation 2020 (No 1) commenced.
The combined effect of the above is that an owners corporation…
CORBY v THE OWNERS CORPORATION – UNITS PLAN NO 1035 (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 45
ACT CIVIL & ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
Member: Senior Member R Orr QC
Date of Decision/ Orders: 8 May 2019
FACTS
On 11 April 2018 the executive committee for the owners corporation of Units Plan No 1035 (the Respondent) convened a meeting to discuss the lack of visitor car…
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