With Christmas just around the corner, and parties coming along in threes and fours like rush-hour buses,  this is when we discover just how much give and take there really is in our strata blocks. But noise isn’t just an issue with people having a good time – for some it’s a form of torture. [...]

Several years ago an American developer set out to build a gated community that was  open to all ages, religions, races and professions … except lawyers. He argued that lawyers were particularly ill-suited to community living because they would threaten to sue anyone and everyone who didn’t do exactly as they pleased. A lawyer, who [...]