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Click here to access a PDF version of this newsletter. We don’t do much Latin these days in law. Plain English is all the rage, but without a single doubt the most frequently used word is ‘quorum’. In strataland, a quorum is the minimum number of voters who must be...

When are owners liable to maintain Utility Infrastructure on common property? When does utility infrastructure on common property ‘relate only’ to a lot?On 9 October 2018 the Queensland Court of Appeal laid down the test for when a lot owner is liable to pay the...

THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL There are two sets of minutes that must be kept by every body corporate. Those at committee level and those at general meeting level.
This article deals with what must happen at committee level.Everyone has seen some version of minutes...

2017 will be remembered as the year of countless submissions to the government for legislative change, and of the rise of vexatious lot owners who have learnt to abuse the dispute resolution service provided by the Commissioner’s Office. If 2018 is to be a happy new...

Body Corporate Information Seminars Bullying, Abuse, Harassment, Nuisance and Discrimination (BAHND) in Community Titles Schemes The Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management Chris Irons, myself, and other BCCM representatives have been invited to speak...

'Dander'. It’s not a word most of us come across very often, other than back in primary school and Robert Louis Stevenson books. It probably goes hand in hand with ‘pluck’. However, dander has a very serious meaning to some of our readers, particularly when it comes...

#101 Strata Tips... Body Corporate Tip #45: Body Corporate Managers - The tripod As any engineer will tell you some of the most stable structures are based on triangles. In the case of a body corporate that means the body corporate manager, the committee and the...