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Forcing the hard decision

One of the main aims of the BCCM Act is to have bodies corporate self govern. This means that owners are encouraged to accept committee positions and take an active involvement in the affairs of their scheme. To encourage this, the Act makes it clear that there are no training or other educational requirements to step up to a committee...

Review of patentable subject matter

We may soon be seeing changes in relation to what is patentable in Australia. The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has appointed the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property to inquire, report and make recommendations to the Australian Government on patentable subject matter, which is becoming increasingly...

Claims for discrimination

We have recently acted for several bodies corporate in relation to claims for discrimination against them. Some of the factual circumstances of one claim were: An owner became physically impaired; The owner requested that impaired access be provided to the pool which would require the construction of a pathway and the installation...

Appeal reinstates resident manager's five year option

Hynes Lawyers recently represented a resident manager who successfully appealed against an adjudicator’s decision. The case arose out of a general meeting which had voted in favour of the resident manager obtaining a variation to its management rights agreements to create a further five year option term in each agreement. Naturally the...

EGM's - to call or not to call?

We recently acted for a resident manager who successfully appealed against an adjudicator’s decision. The case arose out of a general meeting which had voted in favour of the resident manager obtaining a variation to its management rights agreements to create a further five year option term in each agreement. Some salient facts...

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