by Chris | Aug 2, 2019 | ACT, Case Review, Legal Alert, News & Publications, Recent News, Strata Disputes
CORBY v THE OWNERS CORPORATION – UNITS PLAN NO 1035 (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 45 ACT CIVIL & ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL Member: Senior Member R Orr QC Date of Decision/ Orders: 8 May 2019 FACTS On 11 April 2018 the executive committee for the owners corporation of...
by Chris | May 2, 2017 | ACT, Strata Disputes
In The Owners – Units Plan 68 v Haughey (Unit Titles) [2016] ACAT 131 the respondent installed a hot water system on the back wall of his unit which was common property where it remained for nearly five years. Ultimately, a question arose as to whether the...
by Chris | May 2, 2017 | ACT, Strata Disputes
In Floro v Owners – Units Plan No 630 (Unit Titles) [2017] ACAT 4 the applicant, Ms Floro, sought a review of a decision of the respondent owners corporation to decline to grant owners within the complex a ‘special privilege’ to erect support poles for a...
by Chris | Mar 2, 2017 | ACT, Levies, News & Publications
From 15 December 2016 the civil dispute jurisdiction of the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) has increased from $10,000 to $25,000. This means that owners corporations seeking debt recovery of up to $25,000 may proceed in ACAT rather than in the ACT...
by Allison | Mar 21, 2016 | ACT, Case Review, Levies, News & Publications, Recent News
On 20 November 2015 ACAT heard a levy recovery matter and made a decision that has a significant impact on all strata levy recovery matters commenced in ACAT. The case was The Owners – Units Plan 840 V Richardson (Civil Dispute) [2015] ACAT 77. What was the case...
