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What Laws Apply to Keeping a Dog in a Sectional Title Complex
A client complained that her body corporate won’t allow her to keep a small dog in her unit, and asked me about her legal rights.
Rights and Responsibilities of the Chairperson
The Chairperson of a body corporate – what are his or her rights and responsibilities? The chairperson’s role should be to ensure that trustee meetings
Maintenance v Improvements
Is your sectional title complex looking a bit tired? Sectional title maintenance and improvement Maintenance The trustees of your body corporate need to maintain the
Are your sectional title affairs in a mess
Are your sectional title affairs in a mess (your body corporate owes a fortune in arrear municipal charges)? You may consider appointing an administrator to
Sectional Title Owners – Who is responsible for Excess Payments on Insurance Claims?
Owners in sectional title schemes believe – incorrectly – that because the body corporate insures the common property it must pay any insurance excesses (e.g.
The Two Body Corporate Funds
Sectional Title – the need to keep two separate body corporate funds Bodies Corporate must now keep 2 funds, a ‘reserve’ and an ‘administrative’ fund.
Body corporate cut off electricity
The Body Corporate switched off a client’s electricity, because he fell into arrears with his levies. He asked me what steps he could take to
Body Corporate Fines – How Binding Are They?
Can a Body Corporate fine an owner for, e.g. making too much noise, being discourteous to security officers, or keeping a pet, against the Conduct
Body corporate insurance excess
Q I have a possible leak in the damp wall joining me and the next door flat. The body corporate state that if insurance covers,
Body Corporate not playing the game?
The Sectional Titles Act makes provision for a unit-owner to act against a Body Corporate if it, through its Trustees, does not adhere to the