This week’s question of the week would have been the one about strata committee training but that has already grown into a standalone article.
So we’ll delve back into the Lawyer in the Hot Seat transcripts where strata lawyer and Fat Chat sponsor David Bannerman answered strata owners’ and residents’ questions in a webinar.
This week’s question was about a developer of a new apartment block who still owned a lot of properties in the scheme and managed to get himself and two family members elected to the strata committee.
That’s all perfectly legal (if morally dubious) but there are new laws about conflict of interest which say anyone on the committee who has a financial interest in an item on the agenda, must declare it at the beginning of the meeting and then leave the meeting while the matter is being discussed and voted on.
In this case, the developer and his family members said they were there as apartment owners rather than developers so the conflict of interest rules didn’t apply. The chair of the committee accepted this, but should they have? The facts are HERE.
Elsewhere on the forum
- Why are strata levies so different from buildings to buildings? That’s HERE.
- What do the strata committee training proposals really mean? That’s HERE.
- Can we be forced to sign a common property by-law for work done on a balcony without permission? That’s HERE.
Meanwhile, in the replies section:
- How strata law changes are making it harder to fill committee roles. That’s HERE.
- Can I be prevented from installing a security door? That’s HERE.
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