Stra­ta

We pro­vide advice in the fol­low­ing areas:

Stra­ta Development

• advice in rela­tion to restruc­tur­ing and con­fig­u­ra­tion of mixed-use devel­op­ments (com­mer­cial, retail and res­i­den­tial) includ­ing green field sites, brown field sites and expan­sion of cur­rent developments
• sec­tion 88B instru­ments to accom­pa­ny com­mu­ni­ty title, stra­tum and stra­ta plans of subdivision
• draft­ing doc­u­ments to cre­ate ease­ments and restric­tions on use of land sub­se­quent to cre­ation of com­mu­ni­ty title or stra­ta title scheme
• bespoke Com­mu­ni­ty Man­age­ment State­ments and Stra­ta Man­age­ment State­ments to reflect the place mak­ing desired of the devel­op­er to lim­i­ta­tions and options of the devel­op­er dur­ing the ini­tial period

Stra­ta Advisory

• draft­ing of by-laws, amend­ments to man­age­ment state­ments, review and con­sol­i­da­tion of by-laws advice as to Stra­ta Schemes Man­age­ment Act 2015 (SSMA)
• duty of own­ers cor­po­ra­tion to main­tain & repair prop­er­ty (sec­tion 106 SSMA) advice 
• draft­ing of ser­vices agree­ments, build­ing man­age­ment agree­ments, facil­i­ties ser­vices agree­ments, clean­ing and concierge agree­ments licence and access deeds
• stra­ta plan of sub-divi­sion and change of unit entitlements
• man­age­ment and com­pli­ance mat­ters includ­ing meet­ing pro­ce­dures, motions, proxy require­ments ease­ments, change of use, plan­ning issues reme­di­al build­ing works under the Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act 2020
• res­i­den­tial or com­mer­cial con­struc­tion con­tracts, super­in­ten­dent agree­ments and con­sul­tan­cy agreements

Stra­ta Disputes

All lit­i­ga­tion and/​or dis­pute resolution:

• sec­tion 106 SSMA claims for repair and main­te­nance of com­mon prop­er­ty unau­tho­rised works to com­mon prop­er­ty com­pul­so­ry man­age­ment under sec­tion 237 by-law dis­putes, penal­ty notices and applications 
• con­tract disputes 
• build­ing claims for breach of war­ranties under Home Build­ing Act 1989 and breach of duty of care under the Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act 1989

Stra­ta Renew­al & Termination

• act­ing for own­ers cor­po­ra­tions, devel­op­ers and dis­sent­ing own­ers in respect of col­lec­tive sales or rede­vel­op­ment under Part 10 of the Stra­ta Schemes Devel­op­ment Act 2020
• act­ing for lot own­ers in col­lab­o­ra­tive sales of stra­ta schemes
• appli­ca­tions for ter­mi­na­tion of a stra­ta scheme under Part 9 of the Stra­ta Schemes Devel­op­ment Act 2020

We are trust­ed lead­ers in Stra­ta Law, advis­ing own­ers cor­po­ra­tions, stra­ta man­agers, devel­op­ers, and lot own­ers with clar­i­ty, pre­ci­sion, and deep indus­try insight. But our strength doesn’t stop there.

We bring the full weight of our firm’s capa­bil­i­ties to any stra­ta mat­ter, seam­less­ly inte­grat­ing exper­tise across Prop­er­ty, Insol­ven­cy, Plan­ning, Employ­ment, Lit­i­ga­tion, Com­mer­cial, and Health & Safe­ty law. Whether you’re nav­i­gat­ing com­plex by-law dis­putes, man­ag­ing build­ing defects, or fac­ing com­pli­ance chal­lenges, our mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary approach ensures your inter­ests are pro­tect­ed from every angle.

With a rep­u­ta­tion for prac­ti­cal solu­tions and strate­gic fore­sight, we don’t just resolve issues, we help you stay ahead of them.

Use­ful Links

• NSW | Fair Trading
• The Law Soci­ety of NSW | Stra­ta Title
• Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tion Network