BC Strata Property Practice Manual

This publication 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, 2013  

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 2013 update

• new depreciation report requirement for capital planning purposes, exemptions from, and waiver of requirement
• new Information Certificate disclosure requirements regarding allocation of parking stalls and storage lockers and attachment of depreciation report
• land title office document e-filing including strata plans, strata corporation amalgamation agreements
• potential loss of strata corporation tax-exempt status from leasing common assets such as caretaker’s suite and rooftops for telecommunications equipment installations
• forthcoming Civil Resolution Tribunal for handling strata disputes
• new discussion of section finances
• new two-year limitation period for collecting amounts owed under a Certificate of Lien
• bylaws and rules necessary to collect non-lienable amounts
• increase in permissible contingency reserve fund contributions with majority vote approval
• changes to Real Estate Council of BC’s Re-licensing Education Program for strata managers
• claiming against proceeds of surplus in tax sales, proceeds of crime seizures, and bankruptcies
• hiring strata council members and other strata lot owners as employees
• owners’ vicarious liability for negligence of others using owner’s strata lot
• new case law on owners’ alterations to limited common property

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 Lawyers 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 Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Mary A.M. Brunton — Reed Pope LLP, Victoria
Venus Duplin — Client Service Manager, Reid Hurst Nagy Inc., Certified General Accountants, Richmond
Veronica P. Franco — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Keri T. Grenier — Pushor Mitchell LLP, Kelowna
G. Stephen Hamilton — Hammerberg Lawyers 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 Lawyers LLP, Vancouver
Sara E. Pope — Reed Pope LLP, Victoria
L. Michael Walker — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Patrick A. Williams — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver