An owners corporation has the power to make special rules under s138 of the Owners Corporation Act through a special resolution. Special rules are required to be lodged with the Registrar of Titles (s142 of the Act) and can therefore be found on the Register by prospective purchasers.
Importantly, making rules by special resolution and placing those rules on the Register does not mean those rules are necessarily valid. Continue reading
Lot owners have successfully upheld their rights in relation to leases granted over car spaces and courtyards on common property. Continue reading
Two lot owners applied to the Tribunal to have the lot entitlement and liability of the subdivision amended. Continue reading
In Stubbs v Martyniuk [2015] VCAT 1315, Mr Martyniuk, the manager of a retirement village, was held in contempt of the Tribunal’s orders for a second time. Continue reading
An OC sought to recover almost $18,000 which had been taken from its trust account by a former manager for early termination charges under the management contract in Owners Corporation No 2 PS338183E v Strata Plan Pty Ltd [2015] VCAT 1148. Continue reading
The Independent Panel on short-stay accommodation’ has published its final report. The Panel made recommendations that:
The Tribunal examined the validity of a number of proxies provided in relation to an upcoming Annual General Meeting of the OC in Johnston v Owners Corporation No 1 – PS612301Y [2015] VCAT 811.
