BC Strata Property Practice Manual

This book is essential for: Lawyers acting for parties involved in strata matters, such as strata corporations, strata lot owners, strata managers, owner developers, and local government.

Current to: January 1, 2011  

From the ground floor up
With our province continuing to undergo a high level of new strata construction and conversions, and with significant legislative amendments now in force as well as an active litigation environment, the British Columbia Strata Property Practice Manual is an essential practice tool for solicitors and litigators working in the field of strata property. The book is a winner of the ACLEA Award for Professional Excellence in Publications!

Subscriptions include forms, precedents, and checklists on CD-ROM, and online access with search capability and links to the full text of case law and legislation.

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Highlights of the 2011 update

• Significant matters discussed: fixtures installed on common property; common facilities owned by two or more strata corporations; strata lot owner’s inability to discharge builders liens after date of conveyance; age restriction bylaws; duty to accommodate disability; property transfer tax exemptions for certain fundamental changes to strata plan
• Recent case law discussed includes: common facilities in phased strata plan; reallocation of expenses from particular sections to common budget; documenting owner resolutions prior to first conveyance; deficiencies in meeting procedure; entitlement of owners adverse in litigation to notice of general meeting; procedure for approval of special levy resolution; need for bylaw to make section responsible for common property; fines for rental restriction bylaw contraventions; erroneous registration of bylaws; absence of council member at meeting addressing issue in which he or she may have an interest; injunctions against strata lot owners; inability of strata corporation to bring “significantly unfair” action against itself; effect of Provincial Court characterization of short-term accommodation as licence rather than rental of strata lot; insurance coverage of grow-op damage; policy wording requirements for strata corporations; court deference to strata council decision regarding choice of repair option; court-ordered winding-up of “dysfunctional” strata corporation

CONTENTS
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Chapters
1.  The Strata Concept
2.  The Strata Plan
3.  Common Property and Common Assets
4.  The Strata Lot
5.  Strata Management
6.  Governance
7.  Finances
8.  Collections
9.  Bylaws and Rules
10. Dispute Resolution
11. Rentals
12. Employment
13. Human Rights
14. Privacy
15. Insurance
16. Court-appointed Administrators
17. Phasing
18. The Duty to Repair
19. Fundamental Changes to the Strata Plan

Glossary

Checklists

Forms and Precedents
I. The Strata Concept
II. The Strata Plan
III. Common Property and Common Assets
IV. The Strata Lot
V. Strata Management
VI. Governance
VII. Finances
VIII. Collections
IX. Bylaws and Rules
X. Dispute Resolution
XI. Rentals
XII.  Employment
XIII. Human Rights
XIV. Privacy
XV. Insurance
XVI. Court-appointed Administrators
XVII. Phasing
XVIII. The Duty to Repair
XIX. Fundamental Changes to the Strata Plan

Tables
Case Table
Statute Table
References
Index

Features
• glossary
• comprehensive index
• tables of cases and statutes
• complete set of forms and precedents
• checklists
• convenient looseleaf format with tab indexing
• online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law

Editorial Board
Allyson L. Baker — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
G. Stephen Hamilton — Hammerberg Altman Beaton & Maglio LLP, Vancouver
Paul Mendes — Lesperance Mendes, Vancouver
Adrienne M. Murray — Adrienne Murray Law Corporation, White Rock
L. Michael Walker — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Patrick A. Williams — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver

Authors
Allyson L. Baker — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Melvin W. Beaton — Hammerberg Altman Beaton & Maglio LLP, Vancouver
Venus Duplin — Client Service Manager, Reid Hurst Nagy Inc., Certified General Accountants, Richmond
Bonnie S. Elster — Barrister & Solicitor (retired), Vancouver
Veronica P. Franco — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Keri T. Grenier — Doak Shirreff LLP, Kelowna
G. Stephen Hamilton — Hammerberg Altman Beaton & Maglio LLP, Vancouver
Randy G. Klarenbach — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
David A. Liden — Remedios & Company, Vancouver
Paul Mendes — Lesperance Mendes, Vancouver
D. Lawrence Munn — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Adrienne M. Murray — Adrienne Murray Law Corporation, White Rock
Jennifer L. Neville — Hammerberg Altman Beaton & Maglio LLP, Vancouver
Sara E. Pope — Reed Pope LLP, Victoria
L. Michael Walker — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Patrick A. Williams — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver