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BIGCORP No.2: Pre Judgment Interest on Defects Damages & Costs
The Owners Strata Plan 57504 v Building Insurers' Guarantee Corporation [2008] NSWSC 1285

BIGCORP No.1: Overturning a few HOW Defect Claim Time Limits
The Owners – Strata Plan 57504 v Building Insurers' Guarantee Corporation (2008) NSWSC 1022

You Can Park on our Common Property, But we Can’t
Brydall v The Owners of Strata Plan 66794 [2009] NSWSC 819

Not Every Common Property Safety Hazard Needs Fixing
Ridis v Strata Plan 10308 [2005] NSWCA 246

Portico Signage Dispute Leads to VCAT Costs Order
Body Corporate No. 1 Plan No. PS431905W v The First East Auction Holding (Retail Tenancies) [2008] VCAT 1546

Some Resort Service Agreements Survive, & Others Don’t
Santai v The Owners - Strata Plan No. 77971 [2010] NSWCS 628

No Cops Allowed in this Strata Building
State of New South Wales V Koumdijev [2005] NSWCA 247

Melbourne Strata Building Must Use the Fire Stairs
Body Corporate No 413424R v Sheppard and Another [2008] VSCA 118

How Many Visiting Pigeons is Too Many?
Owners Corporation RP000992 v Stock (Owners Corporations) [2020] VCAT 495

No Easy Way Out for Insolvent Strata Owners
The Owners – Strata Plan No 80877 v Lannock Capital 2 Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 1401

Apartment Camping Reduces Strata Rent Losses
Amirchian v The Owners – Strata Plan No 99357 [2023] NSWCATAP 286

High Court refuses Strata Building Defects Negligence Claims
Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v. Owners Corporation Strata Plan 61288 & Anor [2014] HCA 36

No Rent Losses for Slow Strata Owner
Tezel v The Owners – Strata Plan No 74232 [2022] NSWCATAP 149

Developers owe Fiduciary Duties to Strata Buildings
Community Association DP No. 270180 v Arrow Asset Management Pty Ltd & Ors [2007] NSWSC 527

Combustible Cladding Claims Clarified
The Owners – Strata Plan No 92450 v JKN Para 1 Pty Limited & Anor [2023] NSWCA 114

No Licence over a Courtyard, Water Meter, or the Tap
Dropulich & Ors v McHarg & Ors [2008] VSC 238

Strata Title Disputes 1960’s Style
Re Steel & Ors and the Conveyancing (Strata TItles) Act 1961 (1968) 88 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 467

Developer Strata Owner can’t sue Committee Members
Developer Strata Owner can’t sue Committee Members
Eastmark Holdings Pty Ltd v Kabraji [2013] NSWSC 1763

Broken Pool Promises Create More than a Few Ripples
Broken Pool Promises Create More than a Few Ripples
Trentelman v The Owners – Strata Plan No 76700 [2021] NSWCA 242

Lot Owner Damages Claims Clarified
Lot Owner Damages Claims Clarified
Vickery v The Owners – Strata Plan No 80412 [2020] NSWCA 284