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In this month's edition of Paddocks Press, Professor Graham Paddock looks at the legalities of obtaining body corporate information and a recent case study of a unit owner requesting financial documentation that was initially denied. This is the first of a two-part series, which will continue in the July Paddocks Press. Jennifer Paddock revisits the timeless question of 'Who Pays for Broken Pipes?" in a communitiy scheme. This edition will broaden your knowledge and get you thinking.

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As you know, we have a selection of tools in the form of books (eBook and paperback), templates, and case studies to help you and your team. Today we focus on the Sectional Title Meetings Handbook to guide you through hosting or participating in community scheme meetings. Find out more below.

Let us know if you have any queries, and have a look around our site for resources and opportunities to grow in all areas of community scheme management.

The Paddocks Team

PADDOCKS SHEDS LIGHT ON CURRENT ISSUES

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Obtaining Body Corporate Information - Part One Do members of a body corporate have direct rights to access necessary financial information within sectional title schemes? High Court rules that members can use the Management Rules in their favour. Adj. Prof. Graham Paddock explains more in this two-part series.  Read Part One here.

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Who Pays for the Pipes? Many of the questions we get from our members of Paddocks Club are related to costs and who pays for what in community schemes? In this timeless article, Jennifer Paddock answers questions around pipes within a community scheme and clarifies who pays for what, despite it being a potentially confusing issue.  Read article here.

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The Paddocks Sectional Titles Meetings Handbook is an easy guide for chairpersons, trustees, owners, managing agents and other role players who want to empower themselves with knowledge on how to call, conduct and manage sectional title meetings correctly.

Handbook owners can take their book into annual and special general meetings of owners as well as trustee meetings to make sure that all procedures are followed. This handbook also integrates the requirements of the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act 8 of 2011 (“the STSM Act”), the prescribed management rules (“PMRs”) and the common law so as to provide a comprehensive overview of sectional title meetings.

The Sectional Title Meetings Handbook compromises of 6 chapters (as well as a Navigator in the eBook to search for a reference term within the book).

The chapters include:

Chapter 1: Introduction to sectional title meetings

Chapter 2: Calling and arranging meetings

Chapter 3: Meeting formalities

Chapter 4: Chairperson’s role

Chapter 5: Making decisions in meetings

Chapter 6: Voting and elections

Don't face these meetings alone when you have a guide to help you. 

Purchase your Sectional Title Meetings Handbook Here

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