DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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Body Corporate Disputes
Family Provision and Estate Litigation
Queensland is dominated by strata property developments. The Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (QLD) provides the legislative platform for the Regulation Modules which are applied to the various scheme types in Queensland. Scheme types range from two unit complexes, to large hybrid blendings of commercial and residential multi-level schemes.
The five Body Corporate Law Regulation Modules:
1. Body Corporate and Community Management (Standard Module) Regulation 2008
2. Body Corporate and Community Management (Accommodation Module) Regulation 2008
3. Body Corporate and Community Management (Commercial Module) Regulation 2008
4. Body Corporate and Community Management (Small Schemes Module) Regulation 2008
5. Body Corporate and Community Management (Specified Two-Lot Schemes Module) Regulation 2011
Our Body Corporate Law practitioners are experienced in all phases of the development, enforcement, administration and operations of Queensland bodies corporate, including management rights and letting arrangements.
Each body corporate must adapt By-Laws, which provide the contribution and allotment schedules detailing the obligations and rights of each owner in a scheme to exclusive use areas, and common property.
From time to time, schemes will have issues with its owners. These issues may be failure to pay levies, damage to common property, creation of nuisances and changes in environmental and structural requirements of the scheme. Our Team assists in each stage, including assisting in drawing amendments to By-Laws, negotiating changes to service provider agreements, advising on contravention matters, orchestrating levy recovery litigation and general advisory services.
If you would like to speak to one of our Body Corporate Law specialists, please do not hesitate to contact our office on 07 5574 3560, or by email at info@nautiluslaw.com.au. Our Body Corporate Team services the Queensland Eastern Coast from Port Douglas to Coolangatta.
ARTICLES ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Body Corporate Repairs and Maintenance – who pays for what?
Body Corporate Repairs and Maintenance - who pays for what? Has an owner requested your Body Corporate to do repairs and maintenance, or compensate the owner for repairs made? There may be fine distinctions between what constitutes an owner’s obligation, and what...
Can a Body Corporate claim costs?
A Body Corporate’s legal and mercantile costs associated with recovering outstanding body corporate debts (defined broadly as, outstanding levies, interest and recovery costs) from an owner, are distinct from legal costs incurred in association with a dispute with an...
Can a Body Corporate add 30% interest on overdue strata levies?
Yes, absolutely. Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 permits Queensland bodies corporate to charge 2.5% interest per month, in other words 30% per annum, on overdue strata levies due by an owner to the bodies corporate. On occasion, in defense of legal...
ADJUDICATION AND LITIGATION
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAW ADVICE
LEVY ARREARS AND LITIGATION
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