by hbcmwp | Apr 23, 2024 | Adjudicators Orders
A common misconception is that a body corporate is unable to ban solar panel installation in a scheme due to it being contrary to the “ban the banners” provisions under the Building Act 1975. However, as the below recent case demonstrates, that is not always the case....
by hbcmwp | Feb 26, 2024 | Adjudicators Orders
As we know in bodies corporate, the three P’s of constant pain are Pets, Parking and Parties. Whilst legislation to allow a Committee to tow a vehicle (in certain circumstances) has received asset – it is yet to become enforceable law – leaving many Committees...
by hbcmwp | Dec 14, 2023 | Adjudicators Orders
Can a body corporate install cameras on the common property and who has a right to that footage? Can the body corporate be compelled to hand over that footage? Is the footage “private”? Recent decision Royal Pines Principal Body Corporate[1] affirmed the current...
by hbcmwp | Nov 23, 2023 | Adjudicators Orders
In the recent case Waves Redcliffe[1], owners of an exclusive use storage area in the basement of the building sought the body corporate’s assistance to have certain utility infrastructure located within their exclusive use basement space removed as the owners felt...
by hbcmwp | Oct 19, 2023 | Adjudicators Orders
When a unit or townhouse Building Format Plan complex is being planned and well prior to building commencing, the relevant Council, the developer and the developer’s town planner consider how to deal with land adjacent to each unit and how connecting that land or...
by hbcmwp | Sep 21, 2023 | Adjudicators Orders
This month’s article of interest focuses on a case where respondent Owners of a large penthouse lot set right on the Brisbane River recently received a rude shock when they were ordered by a Body Corporate adjudicator to undertake significant works to their balcony...
