10 Atchison Street St Leonards
SP 93392 · Registered 18 May 2016 · 237 lots · North Sydney · New South Wales checked 10 June 2026
Public record: 8 tribunal matters, no building-work orders. A reasonable pre-screen, but not the full picture, the financials and minutes that decide the purchase are in the report, not the registers. Read it, and obtain a section 184 strata search, before you bid.
- 8 tribunal or court matters, the most serious about costs and procedure
- $6,300 indicative cost exposure per lot, moderate band
The public record is a pre-screen, not the strata report. Read on for the detail, then obtain a section 184 strata search before you bid.
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Public record checked
Litigation, building-work orders, and governance for this scheme, the page you are on.
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- Questions to ask
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Decide
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Risk read
What the public record shows for this scheme, read for a buyer. This is not the strata report, and a quiet record is not a guarantee: obtain a section 184 strata search before you bid.
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8 litigation matters on record
Tribunal and court decisions naming this scheme as a party. A litigious building is more likely to be carrying unresolved disputes, defects, or levy fights.
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No recent annual reporting on the Strata Hub
We could not find a current annual return for this scheme on the NSW Strata Hub. That may just be a gap in the public data, but a non-reporting scheme can also signal a disengaged committee, ask for the last two AGM minutes.
Cost exposure
Moderate exposureAn indicative, itemised estimate of what one lot here could face, built only from this scheme's public-record signals. Indicative ranges, not this building's actual figures, and not financial advice.
Special levies are apportioned by unit entitlement. Set this from your contract; 1.0× is an average lot.
| Driver | Good | Expected | Worst |
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Tribunal and legal costs 8 tribunal or court matters on the public record. Indicative per-lot share of tribunal and legal costs in a strata dispute (NCAT). Scaled for: 8 matters. | $700 | $6,300 | $24,900 |
| Total per lot | $700 | $6,300 | $24,900 |
Across all 237 lots, an expected program of this kind is on the order of $1,493,100 building-wide, before any government contribution.
Estimate only. Figures are indicative ranges from public remediation programs and reporting, apportioned to one lot; they are not this building's costed works and not financial advice. Obtain the capital works fund balance, any special levy resolved or proposed, and a strata records search before you transact.
Questions to ask before you bid
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What is the capital works (sinking) fund balance, its adequacy ratio, and the 10-year plan?
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Are any special levies raised, proposed, or scoped-but-not-yet-levied?
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Can I see the last two years of AGM minutes, including any motions that were defeated?
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Building record
Strata plan SP 93392 was registered on 18 May 2016 in the North Sydney council area and comprises 237 lots.
It is located at 10 Atchison Street St Leonards.
Parcel geometry for the scheme is held on file.
Litigation
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan 93392 (No 8) [2024] NSWSC 213
Costs and procedure NSWSC 6 March 2024
COSTS – party/party – self-represented litigant – where application made by defendant for gross sum costs orders under s 98(4)(c) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) following summary dismissal of plaintiff’s claim – where conduct of the plaintiff significantly increased costs and disbursements incurred by the defendant – application granted
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan 93392 (No 7) [2023] NSWSC 1647
Costs and procedure NSWSC 22 December 2023
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for recusal – where plaintiff identified no basis for recusal – request refused JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS – amending, varying and setting aside – where plaintiff brought application to set aside orders – where plaintiff did not materially engage with provisions of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – where plaintiff alleges judge had hidden and malicious agenda – application dismissed
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (No 6) [2023] NSWSC 1368
Costs and procedure NSWSC 13 November 2023
CIVIL PROCEDURE – summary disposal – dismissal of proceedings – frivolous or vexatious proceedings – where plaintiff has been permitted significant period of time to replead claim but has demonstrated an unwillingness or inability to do so – whether conduct of plaintiff constitutes an abuse of the process of the courts COSTS – indemnity costs – application for indemnity costs resulting from conduct of a party – where plaintiff has refused to comply with court orders and made allegations of corru
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (No 4) [2023] NSWSC 908
Costs and procedure NSWSC 1 August 2023
CIVIL PROCEDURE — stay previously ordered in relation to the proceedings — further documents filed — those documents in contravention of the stay should be removed from the Court file and returned to the applicant — application is a collateral attack of NCAT determination — were the stay otherwise the applications would have been dismissed on their merits
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 906
Other NSWSC 1 August 2023
COURTS AND JUDGES — bias — application for recusal — allegation of private communications between chambers and a party — allegation unfounded and rejected — the bias application does not rise above anything other than mere assertion
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (No 5) [2023] NSWSC 910
Costs and procedure NSWSC 1 August 2023
CIVIL PROCEDURE — defendant reinvigorated earlier summary dismissal application — plaintiff’s conduct of the proceedings has caused increased costs — reinvigoration of application without prior notice to plaintiff
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 907
Costs and procedure NSWSC 1 August 2023
CIVIL PROCEDURE — application to set aside earlier
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 [2023] NSWSC 853
Costs and procedure NSWSC 17 July 2023
CIVIL PROCEDURE — application to strike out summons — matter irregularly commenced by summons instead of statement of claim — application to strike out defendant’s notice of appearance — application for summary dismissal — cannot be finally determined without proper pleading — application for suppression of the plaintiff’s identity is refused
Decisions naming this scheme as a party, from NSW Caselaw (NCAT and the courts). The line beneath each matter is the decision's own catchwords, quoted; the topic tag is our grouping of those words and reads "Other" when they do not clearly fit, so you can always check it against the source. Every matter links to the full decision. Whether a matter helped or hurt the scheme is not assessed here.
Decisions, in detail
Read from each decision's own text: the parties and their roles, who presided, how it ended, and the money in play. Every row links to the source.
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (No 6) [2023] NSWSC 1368 Costs and procedure · Respondent successful Chen J
Proceedings dismissed as frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of process, with plaintiff ordered to pay defendant's costs on an indemnity basis.
- Akhil Sethi (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (owners corp)
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (No 4) [2023] NSWSC 908 Costs and procedure · Respondent successful Campbell J
Documents filed in contravention of a stay order were removed from the court file and returned to the applicant, and a notice to produce was set aside.
- Akhil Sethi (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (owners corp)
- Joe Cho (party)
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 906 Costs and procedure · Respondent successful Campbell J
The application for recusal of the judge was refused as the allegations of bias and private communications were found to be completely unfounded and lacking any logical connection between asserted facts and feared deviation from impartial decision-making.
- Akhil Sethi (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (owners corp)
- Mr Cho (party)
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (No 5) [2023] NSWSC 910 Costs and procedure · Respondent successful Campbell J
The plaintiff was ordered not to take any further steps in the proceedings without complying with prior orders or obtaining leave, and was ordered to pay the defendant's costs on the ordinary basis due to multiple unsuccessful applications and procedural breaches.
- Akhil Sethi (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (owners corp)
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 907 Costs and procedure · Respondent successful Campbell J
The motion to set aside orders made on 17 July 2023 was dismissed; Campbell J held that UCPR 36.15 does not permit review of orders for error in merits and that the proper avenue to challenge the earlier decision is the Court of Appeal.
- Akhil Sethi (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (owners corp)
- Sethi v The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 [2023] NSWSC 853 Costs and procedure · Procedural Campbell J
The plaintiff's summons was struck out as irregularly commenced and blending impermissible criminal and civil allegations; the plaintiff was given 28 days to replead as a statement of claim; prayers to strike out the defendant's notice of appearance were refused; and the application for suppression of the plaintiff's identity was refused.
- Akhil Sethi (lot owner)
- The Owners – Strata Plan No 93392 (owners corp)
Compared to St Leonards
In St Leonards, 2% of 65 strata schemes carry a tribunal matter on the public record. This scheme's 8 matters are in line with the local average of 8 per litigated scheme.
The St Leonards dispute landscape →Evidence ledger
Registry-backed record: matched to a scheme on the register by its plan number.
| Checked | Found | Match | Last checked |
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| Registry and parcel | NSW Strata Hub, with geometry | Direct | Awaiting first run |
| Governance: AGM, managing agent, annual reporting | Not yet checked | Not matched | Not harvested here yet |
| Litigation: NCAT and courts | 8 matters | Direct | 28 June 2026 |
| Levies and financials | Not yet checked | Not matched | Not in the public record |
| Defects and building-work orders | Checked, none found | Direct | 28 June 2026 |
| Fund balances, current levies, minutes, defects not yet litigated | Not on the public record | Not matched | Never in the public record |
What was checked, what it found, how strong the match, and when each source last ran. A source that has not run here yet reads as not checked, never as checked and clear. The unknowns the public registers structurally cannot show stay named, so silence above is never read as a clean bill.
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