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Abraham v SP61419: standing to bring s237 appeals
Feb 19, 2024
compulsory appointment, standing, s 237
Abraham v SP61419: standing to bring s237 appeals
Feb 19, 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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Feb 19, 2024
compulsory appointment, standing, s 237
Amirchian v SP99357: s52 RTA + 106(5) damages
Nov 1, 2023
s 106(5) damages, s 52 RTA
Amirchian v SP99357: s52 RTA + 106(5) damages
Nov 1, 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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Nov 1, 2023
s 106(5) damages, s 52 RTA
Walker v SP61618: NSWCA appeal
Jun 5, 2023
Strata Management Statement
Walker v SP61618: NSWCA appeal
Jun 5, 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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Jun 5, 2023
Strata Management Statement
Hua Nan Trading v SP32396: s41 extension of s106(6) time bar
May 17, 2023
s 41 NCAT Act, s 106(6)
Hua Nan Trading v SP32396: s41 extension of s106(6) time bar
May 17, 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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May 17, 2023
s 41 NCAT Act, s 106(6)
SP74232 v Tezel: NSWCA on s106(6) time bar
Mar 15, 2023
s 106(5) damages, s 106(6)
SP74232 v Tezel: NSWCA on s106(6) time bar
Mar 15, 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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Mar 15, 2023
s 106(5) damages, s 106(6)
Warranto v Goodman: UE reallocation & s87
Oct 6, 2022
s 87, s 232
Warranto v Goodman: UE reallocation & s87
Oct 6, 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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Oct 6, 2022
s 87, s 232
Finger Wharf Rebels
Sep 19, 2022
By-laws, Strata Management Statement, Void for uncertainty
Finger Wharf Rebels
Sep 19, 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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Sep 19, 2022
By-laws, Strata Management Statement, Void for uncertainty
Sultan v SP4382: acquisition of lot property
Sep 1, 2022
personal property, s 130
Sultan v SP4382: acquisition of lot property
Sep 1, 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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Sep 1, 2022
personal property, s 130
Bruce v SP98803: plurality of an animal
Aug 5, 2022
Keeping of animals, s 157
Bruce v SP98803: plurality of an animal
Aug 5, 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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Aug 5, 2022
Keeping of animals, s 157
Achiam: unpaid levy interest and expenses
Jul 5, 2022
levy, s 85, s 232
Achiam: unpaid levy interest and expenses
Jul 5, 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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Jul 5, 2022
levy, s 85, s 232
GS & CS v SP63227:  unreasonable refusal & prior consent
Jun 22, 2022
by-law, prior written consent
GS & CS v SP63227: unreasonable refusal & prior consent
Jun 22, 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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Jun 22, 2022
by-law, prior written consent
Coscuez: power to award damages under s232
Jun 8, 2022
power to award damages, limitation periods
Coscuez: power to award damages under s232
Jun 8, 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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Jun 8, 2022
power to award damages, limitation periods
SP61285 v Taylor: collateral challenges
May 23, 2022
s 247A, collateral challenge, approval to commence proceedings, civil penalty
SP61285 v Taylor: collateral challenges
May 23, 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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May 23, 2022
s 247A, collateral challenge, approval to commence proceedings, civil penalty
CCTV footage: storage, ownership and access
Mar 22, 2022
CCTV
CCTV footage: storage, ownership and access
Mar 22, 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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Mar 22, 2022
CCTV
Costs: Georgiev v SP71186
Mar 21, 2022
costs, special circumstances
Costs: Georgiev v SP71186
Mar 21, 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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Mar 21, 2022
costs, special circumstances
Courtyard craters: s106(5) damages, causation and mitigation
Mar 21, 2022
causation, reasonable foreseeability, mitigation, s 106 breach, s 106(5) damages, s 106
Courtyard craters: s106(5) damages, causation and mitigation
Mar 21, 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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Mar 21, 2022
causation, reasonable foreseeability, mitigation, s 106 breach, s 106(5) damages, s 106
Costs: SP91684 v Liu (No 2)
Mar 18, 2022
costs, special circumstances
Costs: SP91684 v Liu (No 2)
Mar 18, 2022
costs, special circumstances

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

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Mar 18, 2022
costs, special circumstances
“adversely affected” under s 24
Feb 21, 2022
s 24, adversely affected
“adversely affected” under s 24
Feb 21, 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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Feb 21, 2022
s 24, adversely affected
s 237 appointment appeals by owners
Jan 31, 2022
standing, s 237
s 237 appointment appeals by owners
Jan 31, 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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Jan 31, 2022
standing, s 237
Liu & SP91684: indemnity clauses, fob deactivation and severability
Jan 24, 2022
by-law, indemnity, severability, levy, short-term letting
Liu & SP91684: indemnity clauses, fob deactivation and severability
Jan 24, 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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Jan 24, 2022
by-law, indemnity, severability, levy, short-term letting

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