Michael TeysInvestigating building product selection and information transparencyAlspec invites you to the first briefing on new research the company has funded that shines much needed light on building product selection…1 min read·May 19, 2023----
Michael TeysSomething else for the banks to worry aboutThe banking and finance world might have enough on their plate for now, but I’m going to add something else to their watch list: lending on…2 min read·Apr 4, 2023----
Michael TeysLodge it or lose it: lessons from 7-year legal action waitLast week the NSW Court of Appeal refused a claim for loss of rent by an apartment owner against her owners corporation for failing to fix…3 min read·Mar 17, 2023----
Michael TeysManagement rights (AU) and Leasehold systems (UK): The (un)ethics of developer income streamsLeaseholders of flats in England and unit owners in Queensland share a strange, debilitating condition…3 min read·Mar 2, 2023----
Michael TeysTime’s upFive weeks in the UK, writing and talking with leading lawyers and academics from six nations about the issues facing the world of…3 min read·Feb 23, 2023----
Michael TeysTowards the end of ‘build it, flick it and run’ strata developmentI was recently invited to participate in yet another ‘roundtable’ about strata law reform, triggering memories of frustratingly long and…3 min read·Dec 16, 2022----
Michael TeysStrata transmitted debt — far easier to catch than any other STDThe South Australia strata law says it best: ‘If a strata corporation defaults in payment of a pecuniary liability, the liability is…3 min read·Nov 17, 2022----
Michael TeysIs it time for witness protection in the building product supply wars?Commenting on safety risks and non-complainant building products in the building and construction marketplace is not for the fainthearted…2 min read·Oct 20, 2022----
Michael TeysChina combustible cladding fire: Australia, this is our reality tooAnother week, another combustible cladding fire. This one in China…again. We don’t know if anyone was killed or injured but we do know that…3 min read·Sep 23, 2022----
Michael TeysBuilding Compliance and Enforcement Bill 2022 suggests even more power for the NSW Building…The glacial pace at which NSW strata owners corporations operate in maintaining and repairing their common property will end under proposed…2 min read·Sep 15, 2022----
