Video Surveillance in sectional title schemes
By Graham Paddock Video surveillance equipment is being installed in more and more sectional title schemes, not just at access points but also on the common property within the schemes. … Continue reading
Procedure for the conducting of General and Trustee Meetings during Level 3 Lockdown
By Auren Freitas dos Santos On the 23rd of June 2020, the Community Schemes Ombud Service issued a notice providing clarity on body corporate and trustee meetings during level three … Continue reading
Trustees? Meetings? What trustees and meetings?
By Anton Kelly “In our sectional title scheme, it seems there are no trustees, no meetings, and no input by the owners in its management. How can this be?” A … Continue reading
To chair or not to chair: The role of the chairperson
By Zerlinda van der Merwe In the article, “Trustees – from nomination to termination”, published in Paddocks Press (Volume 10, Issue 10), we saw that the role of a trustee … Continue reading
Trustees Meetings – The Law Around Notice and Attendance
By Jennifer Paddock Notice of a trustees meeting must, in principle, be given to all persons entitled to attend that meeting. The persons entitled to attend a meeting of trustees … Continue reading
Taming Disruptive People in Sectional Title Meetings
By Jennifer Paddock Show off, rambler, obnoxious, nitpicker, bore, latecomer, naysayer and just-plain-old-rude. These adjectives are often used to describe people at sectional title meetings. So how do we deal … Continue reading
Thinking Inside the Box 