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Abraham v SP61419: standing to bring s237 appeals
19 Feb 2024
compulsory appointment, standing, s 237
Abraham v SP61419: standing to bring s237 appeals
19 Feb 2024
compulsory appointment, standing, s 237

Appeal Panel decision addressing a non-party’s standing to bring an appeal against an order for compulsory appointment.

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19 Feb 2024
compulsory appointment, standing, s 237
Amirchian v SP99357: s52 RTA + 106(5) damages
1 Nov 2023
s 106(5) damages, s 52 RTA
Amirchian v SP99357: s52 RTA + 106(5) damages
1 Nov 2023
s 106(5) damages, s 52 RTA

Appeal Panel decision concerning the implications of s52 of the RTA on s106(5) damages claims.

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1 Nov 2023
s 106(5) damages, s 52 RTA
Walker v SP61618: NSWCA appeal
5 June 2023
Strata Management Statement
Walker v SP61618: NSWCA appeal
5 June 2023
Strata Management Statement

The NSWCA dismisses Finger Wharf appeal, upholding the primary judge’s findings that the SMS clause was inconsistent with the SSMA.

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5 June 2023
Strata Management Statement
Hua Nan Trading v SP32396: s41 extension of s106(6) time bar
17 May 2023
s 41 NCAT Act, s 106(6)
Hua Nan Trading v SP32396: s41 extension of s106(6) time bar
17 May 2023
s 41 NCAT Act, s 106(6)

Appeal Panel decision recognising both the jurisdiction and power under s41 of the NCAT Act to extend the 2-year time limit under s106(6) of the SSMA.

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17 May 2023
s 41 NCAT Act, s 106(6)
SP74232 v Tezel: NSWCA on s106(6) time bar
15 Mar 2023
s 106(5) damages, s 106(6)
SP74232 v Tezel: NSWCA on s106(6) time bar
15 Mar 2023
s 106(5) damages, s 106(6)

Court of Appeal decision considering the time limit imposed by section 106(6), barring claims for loss known more than 2 years before commencement.

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15 Mar 2023
s 106(5) damages, s 106(6)
Warranto v Goodman: UE reallocation & s87
6 Oct 2022
s 87, s 232
Warranto v Goodman: UE reallocation & s87
6 Oct 2022
s 87, s 232

Appeal Panel decision overturning an order varying contribution amounts that were said to be varied by a UE reallocation.

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6 Oct 2022
s 87, s 232
Finger Wharf Rebels
19 Sept 2022
By-laws, Strata Management Statement, Void for uncertainty
Finger Wharf Rebels
19 Sept 2022
By-laws, Strata Management Statement, Void for uncertainty

Parker J in the Supreme Court has held void for uncertainty an SMS clause requiring member owners corporations to appoint the BMC’s agent as their own, and by-laws in similar terms.

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19 Sept 2022
By-laws, Strata Management Statement, Void for uncertainty
Sultan v SP4382: acquisition of lot property
1 Sept 2022
personal property, s 130
Sultan v SP4382: acquisition of lot property
1 Sept 2022
personal property, s 130

Decision concerning the Tribunal’s lack of power under s 130(2) to order the acquisition of lot property.

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1 Sept 2022
personal property, s 130
Bruce v SP98803: plurality of an animal
5 Aug 2022
Keeping of animals, s 157
Bruce v SP98803: plurality of an animal
5 Aug 2022
Keeping of animals, s 157

Tribunal decision finding that the statutory references to an animal include its plural form, and that refusal for fear of creating a precedent is unreasonable.

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5 Aug 2022
Keeping of animals, s 157
Achiam: unpaid levy interest and expenses
5 July 2022
levy, s 85, s 232
Achiam: unpaid levy interest and expenses
5 July 2022
levy, s 85, s 232

Decision of the Tribunal concerning its power to order no interest payable on a levy debt, and its lack of jurisdiction to make a similar order in respect of levy recovery expenses.

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5 July 2022
levy, s 85, s 232
GS & CS v SP63227:  unreasonable refusal & prior consent
22 June 2022
by-law, prior written consent
GS & CS v SP63227: unreasonable refusal & prior consent
22 June 2022
by-law, prior written consent

Appeal Panel decision concerning the need for the prior written consent of all benefited lot owners to change a common property rights by-law before the owners corporation can be deemed to have unreasonably refused to change the by-law.

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22 June 2022
by-law, prior written consent
Coscuez: power to award damages under s232
8 June 2022
power to award damages, limitation periods
Coscuez: power to award damages under s232
8 June 2022
power to award damages, limitation periods

Appeal Panel consideration of limitation matters arising under Rule 23 of the NCAT Rules and the Tribunal’s power to award damages under s 232 of the SSMA for matters other than breach of statutory duty.

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8 June 2022
power to award damages, limitation periods
SP61285 v Taylor: collateral challenges
23 May 2022
s 247A, collateral challenge, approval to commence proceedings, civil penalty
SP61285 v Taylor: collateral challenges
23 May 2022
s 247A, collateral challenge, approval to commence proceedings, civil penalty

Tribunal decision concerning a strata committee’s authority to commence proceedings; collateral challenges in proceedings; and a section 247A penalty application.

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23 May 2022
s 247A, collateral challenge, approval to commence proceedings, civil penalty
CCTV footage: storage, ownership and access
22 Mar 2022
CCTV
CCTV footage: storage, ownership and access
22 Mar 2022
CCTV

Appeal Panel decision with ancillary discussion on the ownership, storage and access of CCTV footage in a strata scheme.

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22 Mar 2022
CCTV
Costs: Georgiev v SP71186
21 Mar 2022
costs, special circumstances
Costs: Georgiev v SP71186
21 Mar 2022
costs, special circumstances

Tribunal decision awarding costs against unrepresented applicants who sought 37 orders and filed voluminous evidence of little relevance or probative value.

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21 Mar 2022
costs, special circumstances
Courtyard craters: s106(5) damages, causation and mitigation
21 Mar 2022
causation, reasonable foreseeability, mitigation, s 106 breach, s 106(5) damages, s 106
Courtyard craters: s106(5) damages, causation and mitigation
21 Mar 2022
causation, reasonable foreseeability, mitigation, s 106 breach, s 106(5) damages, s 106

Tribunal decision awarding s 106(5) damages arising from a remedial project delayed after commencement

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21 Mar 2022
causation, reasonable foreseeability, mitigation, s 106 breach, s 106(5) damages, s 106
Costs: SP91684 v Liu (No 2)
18 Mar 2022
costs, special circumstances
Costs: SP91684 v Liu (No 2)
18 Mar 2022
costs, special circumstances

Appeal Panel decision on costs considering special circumstances and discretion to award costs.

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18 Mar 2022
costs, special circumstances
“adversely affected” under s 24
21 Feb 2022
s 24, adversely affected
“adversely affected” under s 24
21 Feb 2022
s 24, adversely affected

Appeal Panel decision regarding section 24 and the relevant point in time that a person is “adversely affected” by a decision of the owners corporation at general meeting.

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21 Feb 2022
s 24, adversely affected
s 237 appointment appeals by owners
31 Jan 2022
standing, s 237
s 237 appointment appeals by owners
31 Jan 2022
standing, s 237

Appeal Panel decision regarding non-party lot owners’ lack of standing to appeal an order appointing a compulsory strata managing agent.

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31 Jan 2022
standing, s 237
Liu & SP91684: indemnity clauses, fob deactivation and severability
24 Jan 2022
by-law, indemnity, severability, levy, short-term letting
Liu & SP91684: indemnity clauses, fob deactivation and severability
24 Jan 2022
by-law, indemnity, severability, levy, short-term letting

Appeal Panel decision regarding the validity of by-law clauses for indemnity, levy debt recovery of indemnity entitlements, severing invalid clauses and fob deactivation.

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24 Jan 2022
by-law, indemnity, severability, levy, short-term letting

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