by Cameron Shaw | Feb 2, 2018
Schedule 1 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) set out how to call a general meeting of the owners corporation. An owner must give written notice to the secretary of the strata committee that sets out the motion they want included, and the secretary must...
by Cameron Shaw | Feb 2, 2018
Section 31 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) states the following people are eligible to be a member of the strata committee: An individual or company nominee of a corporation that is the sole owner of a lot in the strata scheme; An individual who...
by Cameron Shaw | Feb 2, 2018
Section 35 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) states six ways a strata committee member vacates their position: The member is no longer eligible to be a member; The person was not an owner when they were elected and the individual who nominated...
by Cameron Shaw | Dec 15, 2017
It is common practice for vendors to agree to a ten per cent deposit ‘paid by instalments’, with five per cent paid on exchange and the remaining five percent paid on settlement. This practice was considered in Boyarsky v Taylor [2008] NSWSC 1415. In this case, the...
by Cameron Shaw | Nov 26, 2017
Do I need a discretionary family trust? What is a family trust? A family trust is a discretionary trust set up to hold the assets of a family or to run a family business. No two discretionary family trusts are the same, yet there are two overarching benefits in...
