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Mediation – An Alternative to Adjudication

Seneca (one of those famous Roman philosophers) wrote: ‘It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it.’ That applies as much to strata disputes as it does to anything else. Everyone has seen big ticket litigation in the Supreme Court on the news, with teams of…

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Levy Recovery Proceedings

Judge McGill famously said “contributions and levies are the lifeblood of bodies corporate in much the same way as taxes are the lifeblood of the state“.[1] What His Honour sought to emphasize is how important contributions and levies are to the successful maintenance and administration of a Body Corporate But what happens if lot owners…

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Meeting Notices and Minutes – Back to Basics

Throughout the year, Lot owners can be issued with several Body Corporate meeting notices. These notices could include information related to Committee Meetings, voting outside of committee meetings (known as flying minutes), Extraordinary General Meetings (EGM) and the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Current legislation specifies these notices must be issued within certain timeframes, which range…

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Electrical Safety In Strata Homes

Did you know that property owners and managers have a legal duty under the QLD Work Health and Safety Act 2011 to eliminate or manage electrical safety hazards for your tenants so far as reasonably practicable?   This means you may be held negligent and even liable should an electrical incident or injury occur and it…

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