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Castro v The Owners – Unit Plan 246 (Civil Dispute) [2016] ACAT 111

The applicant was an owner of a class A unit who sought to recover the cost of repairing damaged electricity cables leading to his apartment caused by rodents and/ or other pests. The basis for this action against the owners corporation was that the electricity cables were ‘common property’ and consequently the owners corporation: breached…

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Lemmon v Body Corporate Units Plan 37 CS 20829 of 2002 – Small Claims Court of ACT Magistrates Court

In this case, water accumulated on the balcony walkway (which was part of common property) and then flowed into unit 13B which effectively destroyed the carpet in that unit. Section 24 of the UTMA (or more precisely section 51 of the old Unit Titles Act) was found to apply. It was further found that the owners…

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The Owners – Units Plan No 3908 v SDNM Pty Ltd (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 74

On 29 November 2018, a new motion was put forward by the owners corporation which replicated the motion in issue in the 2018 case. This new motion, again, failed to be passed by an unopposed resolution. As a consequence, the owners corporation commenced another proceeding, seeking an order pursuant to section 129(1)(g) of the UTMA…

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SDNM Pty Limited v The Owners – Units Plan 3908 (Unit Titles) [2018] ACAT 102

The respondent is the owners corporation for mixed-use premises of 10 commercial units and 69 residential units. The applicant is the owner of one of the commercial units. At the 2018 general meeting held on 13 June 2018, a resolution was passed by 13 votes in favour and 1 against, the relevant part of which…

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