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"You Are My Tenant": When a Family Promise About a House Can't Be Proved co-ownership conveyancing ncat property real property act tenant trusts Apr 22, 2026

Families help each other out, especially when money is tight. A relative steps in, buys the house so the bank can’t take it, and everyone understands or thinks they understand that the arrangement is temporary and that the family will get the home back one day. Years pass. Nothing is written down. A...

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Can a Strata Committee Use the Capital Works Fund for Private Benefit? ncat property strata strata scheme strata schemes management act (nsw) Mar 11, 2026

Strata disputes in small schemes often arise not from major building defects, but from everyday decisions about maintenance and expenditure. A 2021 decision of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), Taylor v The Owners Strata Plan No 53919 [2021] NSWCATCD 2, provides important guidance fo...

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