We have been inundated with questions and queries on debt collection in these trying times. What should we do? Is it fair? How long with this last?  How do we pay for other things? As with any legal answer “it depends”. It depends on the schemes finances – if they need money and some aren’t […]

Only days ago, the Australian Government urged non-essential gatherings of more than 500 people should be cancelled. Just this morning, that was extended to a ban on indoors gatherings of 100 people or more. On Monday, President Trump called for Americans to avoid social gatherings of more than 10 people. While some may debate whether […]

Introduction An adjudicator recently ruled that voting papers sent to a body corporate manager were invalid as they were not given in compliance with section 84(2) of the Accommodation Module.  Section 84(2)(b) provides that a voter casts a written vote by giving the voting paper to the secretary (by hand, by post or by facsimile) […]

The NSW Parliament has recently passed new legislation in relation to combustible cladding, being the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Identification of Buildings with External Combustible Cladding) Regulation 2018. The new legislation requires owners of certain buildings with combustible cladding to report the combustible cladding to the Secretary of the Department of Planning and Environment. Does […]