When a property is divided into apartments, a wide constellation of legal relationships converge. Apartment owners are individually obligated to be members of their owners’ association and collectively are co-owners of the apartment complex. Whereas certain decisions are up to the owners themselves, others have to be agreed within the owners’ association. This makes it crucial that the division into apartments is arranged properly.

In the event of disputes between apartment owners or between them and the owners’ association, it is important to know the legal relationships concerned and the options that are open to the owner(s) or association. For instance, does a replacement authorisation have to be arranged, or a decision reversed or declared void, and what are the relevant procedures (summons or petition)? Our apartment rights specialists have ample experience of advising clients on structuring complex property divisions and of conducting legal proceedings in disputes among apartment owners and between owners and their owners’ association.