Legal Services in Strata Management is a question raised but in many instances not understood.

Many owners corporations engage the services of a lawyer or the seeking of legal advice without fully understanding the statutory responsibilities on the owners corporation.

This is sometimes the strata committee engaging or seeking legal advice and/or the strata managing agent, without understanding the requirements to do so.

Legal Advice

The below outlines the requirements on owners corporations when seeking legal advice and the engagement of a lawyer.

Legal Services and Levy Recovery 

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The Strata Committee can engage the services of legal services without a general meeting, in the following circumstances: 

1. Where there is urgent action required to protect the interest of the owners; and the cost of the expected legal services does not exceed $15,000 

1. The matters relates to un paid contributions 

1. The matter is not urgent where the legal services is less than $3,000 

• Debt recovery, for the recovery of outstanding levy contributions cannot commence until 21 days after notice that action will be taken 

• The owners corporation may agree to payment plans in relation to outstanding levy contributions  

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