The standard SCA contract for strata managers is very lopsided, something the top people at SCA-NSW will admit … privately … but are doing nothing about except mumbling incoherently about reforms. The fact is that their membership would be up in arms if much was done to make the contracts more equitable, even though they cas a shadow over their much-vauinted “professional standards” status.
It will be intresting to see what the new unfair contracts provision being introduced by the NSW does to the picture. Meanwhile, I reckon you could challenge existing contracts on the basis that they have clauses that contravene the Act – such as withholding documents or charging for their provision when the law says they should be made available.
But be prepared for Strata Wars III if you tried that.