Let’s Get Physical Sectional Title Event 2023
Bryanston Country Club
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October 23, 2023
Are Bodies Corporate entitled to recover legal fees in respect of arrear levy collection?
The failure by owners to comply with their legal obligation to pay levies, necessitates the Trustees to take legal action for the collection of the outstanding levies.
An owner’s failure to maintain exclusive use areas
Owner failed to maintain an Exclusive use area? The body corporate retains the operational responsibility to maintain exclusive use areas, while the financial responsibility lies with the holder of the exclusive use right.
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Cancellation of an exclusive use area
Recently I received an interesting consultation request to give advice on the cancellation of an exclusive use storeroom. In this scenario the scheme had a storeroom that had been allocated to an owner for their exclusive use by way of an exclusive use rule in terms of sections 10(7)
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A little something more than maintenance
The efficient management of the physical attributes of a sectional title scheme an important function of the body corporate. The body corporate have certain responsibilities in regard to the maintenance, repair and replacement to the buildings making up the scheme
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Who is responsible for structural defects in sectional title schemes?
Is the developer responsible for poor initial workmanship? Is the body corporate responsible as it’s a physical maintenance matter that affects the whole body corporate? Is an owner of a section that has structural defects responsible for the repair as it only relates to that one unit?
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What is the procedure for the removal of trustees?
What is the procedure for the removal of trustees? Trustees must be elected at the first general meeting of the body corporate and then at each subsequent AGM. In exceptional circumstances it may become necessary for a trustee to be removed from office between AGMs.
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Can a developer vote on matters in which he has a direct interest?
Where the developer is a trustee, he or she is disqualified from voting on matters in which he or she has a direct interest. The legislative provisions that require the prohibition relate to the trustee’s fiduciary responsibility.
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