In the recent cases of The Owners – Strata Plan No 58068 v Cooper [2020] NSWCATAP 96 and The Owners – Strata Plan 55773 v Roden; Spiers v The Owners – Strata Plan 77953 [2020] NSWCATAP 95 the Appeal Panel found that by-laws prohibiting the keeping of pets were valid and enforceable by an Owners […]
Dividing Fences—the great neighbourly divide The ‘dividing fence’ is often a hot topic for neighbours. Help, however, is at hand in the form of the Dividing Fences Act 1992 (NSW) (Act). The Act empowers both NCAT and the Local Court to resolve disputes about dividing fences. NCAT has an unlimited jurisdiction for these matters, […]
Neighbourhood disputes over tree branches. I deal with a variety of disputes between neighbours. These can arise for many reasons including dividing fences or retaining walls in disrepair, encroaching garages, nuisance claims of noise and pollution, use of right of ways, high hedges and overhanging branches. In this issue, I deal with tree disputes, an […]
