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Case Note: The Owners – Units Plan No 14 v Wright (Unit Titles) [2020] ACAT 60

The applicant is the Owners Units Plan No. 14 and the respondent is Mr Wright from Unit 2. Since 2009 the owners had been trying to stop Mr Wright from using the common car park to store cars and car parts in ways which annoyed and inconvenienced other owners. The owners were also at times concerned,…

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Case Note: Executive Committee – Units Plan No 1863 v Kilian (Unit Titles) [2021] ACAT 81

This matter concerns a residential property at Lyneham, ACT where the applicant was the executive committee and the respondent an owner of unit 29.   Around February 2019 a complaint was received by the executive committee about caravans/campers/boats parked in driveways at the property. The complaint stated that driveways are available for the use provided any parked…

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Case Note: Antico Holdings Pty Ltd v The Owners – Units Plan No 3461 & Anor (Civil Dispute) [2012] ACAT 31

The applicant, Antico Holdings Pty Ltd, sought to amend the Crown Lease Purpose Clause for a property to allow an “Indoor recreation facility LIMITED to a gym/fitness centre” to operate in units owned by the applicant.   Only one owner, Mr Lewis, ultimately opposed this variation. Section 166 of the Unit Titles Act 2001 (ACT) (as it…

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Case Note: Butt v The Owners – Units Plan No 1725 [2013] ACAT 17

Mr Butt commenced ACAT proceedings against the owners corporation requesting that ACAT set aside a resolution made by the owners corporation approving a specified sinking fund contribution on the grounds that the resolution was not in compliance with the requirements of the Unit Titles (Management) Act 2011 (ACT).   Mr Butt first argued that there was no…

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Case Note: Brown v The Owners – Units Plan No 2737 [2011] ACAT 2

The proxy form used by an owners corporation for their Annual General Meeting provided that: “I/WE HEREBY APPOINT [must be a Unit Owner in UP 2737] OR failing him/her, the CHAIRPERSON to act as my/our PROXY at the Annual General Meeting of the Owners – Units Plan 2737 to be held on 16 August 2010 or…

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Case Note: Executive Committee Units Plan No 930 v Capital Strata [2012] ACAT 46

A number of owners signed a petition to the strata manager of an owners corporation requesting the executive committee call a general meeting to consider a motion to remove all the existing executive committee members and appoint new members.   The strata manager sent a copy of the petition to the executive committee and called a general…

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Case Note – CHEETHAM & ORS v THE OWNERS – UNITS PLAN 503 & ORS (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 90

The applicants are the owners of three units in a block of six. The respondents are the owners corporation and the owners of three other units with a combined voting entitlement of 50.5%. The applicants sought the repeal or amendment of an ordinary resolution which amended the Sinking Fund Plan to enable a list of proposed…

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Case Note – KIRK v THE OWNERS – UNITS PLAN NO 2992 (Unit Titles) [2017] ACAT 102

The applicant was the owner and occupier of unit 3 in Units Plan 2292. In May 2013, the applicant notified the owners corporation of water ingress into the unit from the balcony, which was caused by inadequate waterproofing in the external wall (which formed common property). The water ingress also caused rot to the unit’s…

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ACT Case Note: MCMILLAN & ANOR v OWNERS CORPORATION – UNITS PLAN NO 79 (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 86

The applicants are unit owners in the respondent’s strata complex consisting of 88 class A units, 84 of which have an entry way comprising a floor to ceiling combined window/door (the window/door). On the upper levels the window/door opens onto a balcony, and on the lower levels it opens onto a small porch that in…

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ACT CASE NOTE: THE OWNERS – UNITS PLAN NO 2983 v SILVANO (Civil Dispute) [2020] ACAT 4

The respondent was the owner of a unit and the applicant was the owners corporation of the units plan. The respondent owed a debt of $18,472.31 in levy arrears. The applicant took steps to recover the debt and subsequently, levy recovery proceedings were commenced in ACAT. The applicant claimed an amount comprising: (a) levies; (b) legal…

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