Szabo & Associates News & Updates

Being neighbours with someone is largely trouble free and most people are able to live side-by-side with little to no difficulty. Unfortunately, however there are times when this harmony can be disturbed and often for a fairly predictable reason: disputes over boundaries. Boundary disputes are incredibly common but can cause a great deal of heartache, especially given the difficulty in trying to reconcile differing views on where one area of land ends and another begins, or how it is to be used.

In a recent letter to a New Zealand newspaper requesting guidance on what happens in a strata development when it comes to making physical alterations to one’s property, one member of the public was given a first rate instruction on the distinctions of strata living compared with conventional housing.

A well-known wedding venue in Brisbane faces an uncertain future after a dispute over the terms of a lease renewal led to the former proprietor walking away from the contract, reports the Brisbane Times.

A dispute is ongoing in Sydney between residents and Waverley Council over plans put forward by the Council to redevelop Bondi Pavilion, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

The Government of South Australia has taken legal action in its ongoing property dispute with the builders of the New Royal Adelaide Hospital, reports the Australian.