Bar Association urges amendment to allow owners to apply to court to enforce building safety in corporation's name

The Bar Association has urged the government to reform the enforcement of obligations under building deeds of mutual covenant in amending the Buildings Management Ordinance. It recommends that, where safety violations have occurred or are continuing in a building, if the corporation refuses to act or takes no action without reasonable grounds, owners should be permitted to apply to the court for permission to initiate enforcement proceedings in the corporation's name. The scheme would be limited to enforcing necessary obligations relating to building safety, and the association has put forward several other proposals for consideration.