Without a written agreement in place, there is no evidence as to the actual agreement reached with respect to essential lease terms.
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What is a Strata Scheme?
In New South Wales, properties such as apartment buildings, unit blocks or townhouses are managed in a strata scheme.
read moreSquatter seizes ownership of house under law
Under the law of adverse possession, possessing a property uninterrupted for 12 years allows a person to become the registered owner.
read moreBuying off-the-plan? Stronger rights introduced to protect purchasers
Recently, the NSW State Government announced its intention to provide purchasers of residential properties off the plan greater consumer protections aimed at ensuring that the property they receive is what they contracted for.
read moreProperty Developers and GST: New Draft Laws to Ensure Compliance
A new Bill has been introduced into Federal Parliament which makes amendments to several tax Acts aimed at strengthening compliance by property developers with their obligations to remit GST to the ATO.
read moreCommencement of NSW Strata Building Defects Regime
On 1 January 2018 a new Part 11 was inserted into the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 to implement a new Strata Defects Regime affecting requires developers of residential or partially-residential strata buildings comprising four or more storeys.
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