Decisions table

• Ausbao (286 Sussex St) Pty Ltd lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 100777 owners corp
• Bright & Duggan Pty Ltd manager

Declarations made that Bright & Duggan as strata manager has full authority to convene meetings of the Building Management Committee and that the general meetings on 11 September and 25 September 2025 were validly convened and resolutions passed were valid.

• Sentient Corp Holding Pty Ltd lot owner
• The Owners - Strata Plan No 48216 owners corp
• Duy Tran lot owner
• Demetria Chelepy lot owner
• Mathew Crawshaw lot owner
• Stephen Travis party

The Appeal Panel removed Stephen Travis as an appellant, dismissed his applications for correction, and found the appeal was validly instituted by Sentient Corp Holding Pty Ltd as a party to the original proceedings, with the appeal to be listed for a call over.

• The Owners – Strata Plan No 100777 owners corp
• Ausbao (286 Sussex St) Pty Ltd lot owner
• Bright & Duggan Pty Ltd manager

Application for leave to appeal from the primary judge's refusal to stay proceedings in favour of expert determination was dismissed, with the Court holding that no reasonably clear injustice had been demonstrated and that the dispute was about the agency agreement with the strata manager rather than about the strata management statement itself.

• Jai Galliott lot owner
• Susie Elelman lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 43251 owners corp
• Cathie Galliott lot owner
• Michele Selwyn lot owner
• William Doyle lot owner
• Goldtex Pty Ltd party

The Appeal Panel dismissed the owners corporation's costs application and ordered each party to pay their own costs of the appeal following the appellants' withdrawal of their appeal from the decision dismissing their claim for appointment of a compulsory strata manager.

• G Birns lot owner
• A Clemente lot owner
• E Franco lot owner
• J Zwart lot owner
• R Johnson lot owner
• G Poulos lot owner
• S Hales lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 95983 owners corp
• Steve Querin lot owner
• Anne Querin lot owner
• Strata Choice Pty Ltd manager

Strata Choice Pty Ltd was appointed as compulsory strata managing agent for 18 months due to the owners corporation's dysfunction arising from the developers' conflict of interest in voting on building defects proceedings in which they were respondents.

• Cathie Galliott lot owner
• Susie Elelman lot owner
• Jai Galliott lot owner
• Michele Selwyn lot owner
• William Doyle lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 43251 owners corp
• Goldtex Pty Ltd party

The application for compulsory appointment of a strata managing agent was dismissed as the Tribunal was not satisfied on the balance of probabilities that any statutory ground under section 237(3) of the Strata Schemes Management Act had been established.

• Jessie Pittard lot owner
• The Owners - Strata Plan No 48216 owners corp
• Duy Tran lot owner
• Sentient Corp Holding Pty Ltd lot owner
• Demetria Chelepy lot owner
• Mathew Crawshaw lot owner
• Jamesons Strata Management manager
• Premier Strata Management manager

The Tribunal extended the appointment of Jamesons Strata Management as compulsory strata manager to 15 August 2026, rejecting the alternative proposals to appoint Premier Strata or return to self-management.

• Alexandr Troyanovsky lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 1260 owners corp

The appeal of procedural orders made by the Tribunal was dismissed; the application to extend time for filing the notice of appeal in relation to orders (1) to (5) was refused, and the appeal against order (6) was dismissed.

• Ausbao (286 Sussex St) Pty Ltd lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 100777 owners corp

The defendant's motion to stay proceedings was dismissed; the court found the dispute regarding validity of convening general meetings was not about the Strata Management Statement and therefore did not fall within the expert determination procedures.

• The Owners Strata Plan No 73224 owners corp
• Ikon Realty Pty Ltd t/as Ikon Strata manager
• Verghese Lazarus lot owner

Application to terminate the strata management agreement was dismissed; no order as to costs was made, with each party to pay its own costs.

• Lana Sage lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 81440 owners corp

The Appeal Panel refused the appellant's applications for non-publication of the decision and anonymisation of her identity, finding the presumption of open justice had not been displaced and no desirability for suppression orders under section 64 of the NCAT Act had been established.

• Australia City Properties Management Pty Limited manager
• The Owners - Strata Plan No. 65111 owners corp

The proceedings were dismissed and the Owners Corporation was ordered to pay ACPM's costs of $20,000 as the Binding Heads of Agreement was not implemented by the 30 June 2025 deadline, triggering the fallback provision requiring dismissal with costs in favour of ACPM.

• The Owners – Strata Plan No 100339 owners corp
• SHLACDZ Pty Ltd t/as S Building & Facility Management manager

The Tribunal dismissed the owners corporation's application to terminate the building manager or vary its contract, and refused the building manager's late costs application, making no order as to costs of the proceedings.

• Paul Zheng lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 83678 owners corp
• Mr Khatib lot owner

The plaintiff was granted leave to conduct an appeal on behalf of the Owners Corporation notwithstanding a resolution passed by bare majority to withdraw the appeal, applying an exception to the rule in Foss v Harbottle as justice required.

• The Owners Strata Plan no 73224 owners corp
• Ikon Realty Pty Ltd t/as Ikon Strata manager
• Verghese Lazarus lot owner

Application to terminate the strata managing agent agreement was dismissed because Mr Lazarus lacked authority to bring the proceedings, the Owners Corporation had resolved to withdraw the application, and the operative agreement (2024 Agreement) was properly entered into and commenced in September 2024, rendering any order to terminate the earlier 2023 Agreement lacking utility.

• Ayten Akdogan lot owner
• Khaled Mourad lot owner
• Jillian Dolby lot owner
• Bronwyn Whale lot owner
• Albert Ayoub lot owner
• Ameen Ayoub lot owner
• The Owners - Strata Plan No 55665 owners corp
• Maria Pitney party
• Nicole Hack party

The Tribunal dismissed the Owners Corporation's Miscellaneous Application to set aside or amend the Summons to produce documents relating to the OC's claim against Foreshew in the District Court proceedings.

• Grace Musumeci lot owner
• The Owners - Strata Plan No 11583 owners corp
• Mary Buckley lot owner
• Christopher Farncomb lot owner

The appeal against the dismissal of an application for compulsory appointment of a strata managing agent was dismissed; the Appeal Panel found no errors of law by the Senior Member and refused leave to appeal.

• Engy Saad lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 75928 owners corp
• John Patrick Baylouni manager
• Pu Koh party
• George Kokkinos party
• John Bay Holdings PL manager

The applicant's applications for removal of the strata manager and strata committee and appointment of a compulsory strata manager were dismissed on the grounds that the applicant failed to establish dereliction of duty or dysfunction justifying such extraordinary relief.

• The Owners – Strata Plan No 100339 owners corp
• SHLACDZ Pty Ltd t/as S Building & Facility Management manager

The application to terminate or vary the building management agreement was dismissed as the owners corporation failed to establish the required grounds under section 72 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 for removal or variation of the building manager.

• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 89924 owners corp
• Discovery Point Co-Operative Ltd party
• Northern Precinct Building Management Committee party
• Strata + Ltd manager

The application was dismissed because the Tribunal lacks jurisdiction to hear disputes relating to the internal management and organization of a cooperative established under the Co-operatives National Law (NSW), as such matters do not fall within the categories specified in section 232 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015.

• Justin McLean lot owner
• Marnie Punch lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 79132 owners corp

Application for removal of strata committee member dismissed as applicant declined to press it; application for compulsory strata manager appointment dismissed as premature; partial consensual resolution achieved regarding garden and driveway maintenance.

• Ayten Akdogan, Khaled Mourad, Jillian Dolby, Bronwyn Whale, Albert Ayoub and Ameen Ayoub lot owner
• The Owners - Strata Plan No 55665 owners corp

The respondent's costs application was dismissed and each party was ordered to pay their own costs of the appeal, which had been withdrawn by the applicants due to lack of standing.

• Jian Guang Xie lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 90092 owners corp
• Direct Management Group Pty Ltd manager

The Tribunal appointed Direct Management Group Pty Ltd as compulsory strata managing agent for 12 months and granted it all functions of the chairperson, secretary, treasurer and strata committee, finding the owners corporation was not functioning satisfactorily due to contraventions of the Strata Schemes Management Act, financial deficits, failure to provide proper notice of meetings, and significant disharmony among lot owners.

• Jian Guang Xie lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 90092 owners corp
• Direct Management Group Pty Ltd manager

Direct Management Group Pty Ltd was appointed as compulsory strata managing agent for 12 months to exercise all functions of the owners corporation including those of chairperson, secretary, treasurer and strata committee due to the owners corporation failing to function satisfactorily.

• Ratajeshwara Rao Nallamouthu lot owner
• The Owners-Strata Plan No 39988 owners corp
• Zeljko Milic party
• Kirshan Kumar Khanna party
• Shashi Bhat party
• Marina Fugazza party

The application by the lot owner was dismissed on all grounds, including claims regarding parking enforcement, removal of strata committee members, fire safety repair charges, and access to owners corporation records.

• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 20548 owners corp
• Mount Street 4 Pty Ltd aft Mount Street 4 Unit Trust party
• Keith Anthony Bond lot owner
• Taunton10 Pty Ltd lot owner

Taunton10 Pty Ltd was joined as third respondent to the strata renewal proceedings pursuant to section 181(6)(b) of the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 (NSW), and costs of the motion were reserved.

• Victor Keddis lot owner
• The Owners - Strata Plan No 20198 owners corp

Both proceedings were dismissed; the tribunal found that strata scheme 20198 is functioning satisfactorily, the owners corporation did not fail to perform its duties in material respects, and a compulsory strata manager should not be appointed.

• Mercy Samia lot owner
• Carolina Foster lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 67743 owners corp

The appeal was dismissed and leave to appeal refused; the Tribunal's decision to appoint Strata Management Services Pty Ltd as compulsory strata manager for the dysfunctional two-lot strata scheme was upheld.

• Karen Marie Gill lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 17913 owners corp
• Warwick Young manager

Leave to appeal was refused and the appeal was dismissed; the Tribunal's original decision dismissing the applicant's application for removal of the building manager/committee chairperson and various management orders was upheld.

• Ned Abraham lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 61419 owners corp
• BlueHouseCoffs Pty Ltd manager
• Arthur George Bilski lot owner
• Wojceich Marek Bilski lot owner

The appeal was dismissed as incompetent because Ned Abraham, a lot owner, lacked standing to appeal on behalf of the Owners Corporation after a compulsory strata manager with plenary powers was appointed, and the appointed manager did not ratify the appeal.

• Malcom Reid lot owner
• Leonie Palmer lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 5362 owners corp
• Peter Bonello lot owner
• Catherine Munayer lot owner
• John Wynne lot owner
• David Withers lot owner

The application for appointment of a compulsory strata manager under s237 and removal of strata committee members under s238 was dismissed.

• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 20548 owners corp
• Mount Street 4 Pty Ltd atf Mount Street 4 Unit Trust developer
• Keith Anthony Bond lot owner

The court dismissed the applicant's motion to join 15 dissenting lot owners to the proceedings for the purpose of the conciliation conference only, finding the statutory scheme for strata renewal plans prescriptive and comprehensive with adequate notice provisions, and that joinder was not necessary or of utility.

• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 64807 owners corp
• Sunaust Properties Pty Ltd contractor

The application to dismiss and transfer proceedings to Supreme Court were refused; proceedings stayed pending finalisation of Supreme Court proceedings; application to amend refused; costs reserved.

• Nerrida de Beck lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 30468 owners corp
• Brilliant Property Group Pty Ltd manager

A compulsory strata managing agent (Brilliant Property Group Pty Ltd) was appointed to exercise all functions of the owners corporation for 12 months due to the management not functioning satisfactorily, including inadequate roof leak repairs, unresolved toilet maintenance issues, failure to remove an unauthorised bollard, and failure to prepare a required capital works plan.

• Heather Gee lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 32191 owners corp

The Appeal Panel refused leave to appeal and dismissed the appellant's appeal against the Tribunal's dismissal of her application for appointment of a compulsory strata manager.

• Northern Beaches Council government
• The Owners - Strata Plan No 7114 owners corp

The hearing scheduled for 16 and 17 November 2023 was vacated, orders 5 to 16 made on 25 May 2023 were vacated, and the proceedings were listed for further directions not before 1 March 2024 due to the Tribunal being deprived of jurisdiction over issues that are the subject of concurrent District Court proceedings.

• Ruihui Ma lot owner
• The Owners - Strata Plan No 65870 owners corp
• Michael Lehner lot owner
• Professional Strata Management Group manager
• Network Strata Services Pty Ltd manager

Network Strata Services Pty Ltd was appointed as the strata managing agent for 12 months in preference to Professional Strata Management Group due to doubts about PSMG's competence based on prior failures, with no order as to costs.

• The Owners - Strata Plan No. 13031 owners corp
• Ricky Harasty lot owner

The Costs Respondent (Harasty) was ordered to pay 50% of the Costs Applicant's (The Owners) costs of the appeal due to special circumstances including late withdrawal of serious misleading conduct allegations and persistence despite prior warning of costs exposure.

• Ellen Marie Abraham lot owner
• The Owners Strata Plan No. 61419 owners corp

The application to renew proceedings for enforcement of orders requiring the Owners Corporation to allow inspection of strata scheme records was dismissed as the renewal was brought outside the required timeframe and the nature of relief sought was not appropriate for renewal proceedings.

• BlueHouseCoffs Pty Ltd lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 61419 owners corp
• Karin Puels lot owner

BlueHouseCoffs Pty Ltd was joined as applicant and Karin Puels removed; the owners corporation was restrained for three months from obtaining further legal services without general meeting approval; applications for production of documents were dismissed; the application was otherwise dismissed.

• Ricky Harasty lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 13031 owners corp

The appeal against a costs order awarded to the respondent in connection with a dismissed application for interim relief was dismissed, with the Appeal Panel finding the Tribunal's reasons for awarding costs adequate and the discretion to award costs not having miscarried.

• Sunaust Properties Pty Ltd t/as Central Sydney Realty contractor
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 64807 owners corp

The Court of Appeal dismissed the caretaker's appeal and upheld the Tribunal's jurisdiction to terminate the caretaker agreement under s 72 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015.

• Spiros Nikitopoulos lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 52311 owners corp

The Tribunal invalidated motions 3 and 4 from the EGM on 12 September 2022 dissolving and re-electing the Strata Committee, declared Special by-laws 4 and 5 invalid, but dismissed applications for work orders, parking enforcement, and compulsory appointment of a strata managing agent.

• The Owners – Strata Plan No 61618 owners corp
• JPG Investment Holdings Pty Ltd lot owner
• Conrad Corporation Pty Ltd lot owner

The appeal panel granted a conditional stay of orders requiring the Owners Corporation to consent to a development application pending determination of the appeal, conditional upon the appeal being ratified at a general meeting.

• Peter Maresh lot owner
• The Owners - Strata Plan No 13134 owners corp

The owners corporation must produce certain documents to the lot owner by 13 June 2023, but legal professional privilege was established for some documents relating to litigation advice.

• The Owners - Strata Plan No. 74442 owners corp
• Mandana Harrison lot owner
• Milo Brogan lot owner
• Carolyn Arnett lot owner
• Vasiliki Tsiavos lot owner
• Raveen Prakesh lot owner
• Saliya Gunawardena lot owner
• Petar Trajkovsji lot owner
• Sandor Jakucs lot owner
• Peter Clisdell Pty Ltd trading as Clisdells Strata Management manager
• Strata Management Centre Pty Limited trading as Strata Management Services NSW manager

The appeal against the compulsory strata manager appointment of Clisdells was dismissed; leave to appeal was granted on grounds 1-3 relating to procedural fairness but refused on grounds 4-5, and the original appointment order was upheld.

• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 61285 owners corp
• Cameron Taylor lot owner
• The Commissioner of Fair Trading, Department of Finance, Services and Innovation government

The Tribunal ordered the respondent to pay a civil penalty of $3,850.00 to the Commissioner of Fair Trading for contravening a Tribunal order, and to pay the applicant $2,430.80 in costs.

• Leigh Allsopp lot owner
• The Owners - Strata Plan No 6006 owners corp

Leave to appeal was refused and the appeal was dismissed, with the appellate tribunal finding no error of law or appellable error of fact in the first instance tribunal's decision to dismiss the application for compulsory appointment of a strata managing agent.

• Maurice Clifford Westerweller lot owner
• The Owners - Strata Plan No. 18482 owners corp

The application for appointment of a compulsory strata managing agent was dismissed as the consent orders regarding roof repairs had been complied with and no grounds for appointing a compulsory manager under section 237 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 were established.

• Susan Kuzmanovic lot owner
• Alan Peacock lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No. 43576 owners corp
• Premium Strata Pty Ltd manager

Premium Strata Pty Ltd was appointed as strata managing agent for 12 months; Kuzmanovic's claim for rental damages of $14,200 was dismissed as she failed to establish any loss from the breach of statutory duty.