Decisions table

MAINTENANCE – major works to the roof and ancillary repairs costing over $3 million GENERAL MEETING – whether the committee did not act reasonably in its pre-meeting processes regarding the roofing project – whether the committee misled owners MULTIPLE OTHER ORDERS – calling a new general meeting; new tender process for contractors; new motions for finance options; and others STANDING – whether the applicants are still a “relevant person” COSTS – whether costs should be awarded, relevant considerations Act, ss 94(1)&(2), 100(5), 227(1), 239C, 270; Accommodation Module 2008, ss 148(2)&(3)

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• Marlene Noella Read lot owner
• Mavis Patricia Read lot owner
• The Owners-Strata Plan No 2533 owners corp

The Appeal Panel refused leave to appeal and dismissed the appellants' appeal against the Tribunal's decision not to invalidate resolutions passed at the AGM held on 11 May 2020, despite finding breaches of the Act regarding notice and chairing of the meeting.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – whether a late AGM will be invalid. Accommodation Module, s 73.

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Whether interim order allowing dog onto scheme should be granted. Act, ss 94(2), 279

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – whether a declaration should be made that if the body corporate holds its AGM outside the prescribed legislative time frame, the meeting will not necessarily be invalid. Act, ss 2, 4, 276(1); Accommodation Module, s 73.

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GENERAL MEETING PROCEDURES – whether the body corporate should be authorised to hold its annual general meeting outside the legislative time limit. Accommodation Module, s 73

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GENERAL MEETING MOTION – where motions proposed to record a new community management statement to reallocate areas of common property for exclusive use - where the motion failed to achieve a resolution without dissent – where the dissenting voters now support the motions – whether the motion should be deemed to have passed. Act, ss 171, 270(1)(d), 276

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DECLARATORY ORDER – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – where annual general meeting to be held more than three months after end of financial year – whether to declare that annual general meeting will be not be invalid for being held late Accommodation Module s 73

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VALIDITY OF EGM RESOLUTION AND/ OR RESOLUTIONS OF THE EGM- whether resolutions to engage legal firm to undertake legal work were valid – where work had already been undertaken. INTERIM ORDER – Application for interim order– whether warranted in circumstances\_.\_ SDW2 Pty Ltd v JLF Corporation Pty Ltd [[2017] QSC 001](/cgi-bin/LawCite?cit=%5b2017%5d%20QSC%20001 "View LawCiteRecord") ABC v O’Neill [[2006] HCA 46](/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/2006/46.html "View Case") Act, s 279;

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INTERIM ORDER – whether interim orders are warranted. Act, s 279

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POWER OF ADJUDICATOR TO MAKE ORDERS- Section 276 Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 WHEN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MUST BE CALLED –section 73 Body Corporate and Community Management (Accommodation Module) Regulation 2020

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• Peter McGrath lot owner
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 13631 owners corp

The appeal was dismissed and the application for costs by the respondent was refused, with each party ordered to pay their own costs of the appeal.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – whether to extend the time for holding an annual general meeting. Act, s 104; Standard Module, s 83.

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Whether body corporate acted unreasonably in making decision to refuse applicant permission to install air-conditioning compressor on common property Act, ss 35, 68, 94(2), 152; 2008 Standard Module, s 164, Land Title Act (Qld) 1994, s 115O

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – whether the body corporate is permitted to hold its AGM more than 3 months after the end of the scheme’s financial year. Act, s 104; Commercial Module, s 40.

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• The Owners – Strata Plan No 89005 owners corp
• Thomas Stromer lot owner
• Simone Stromer lot owner
• Nathan Stromer lot owner
• Farad Electric Co Pty Ltd builder

The court refused the defendants' applications for leave to amend to introduce a limitation defence based on a new construction of the Home Building Act and for leave to file cross-claims against subcontractors, finding the cross-claims insufficiently pleaded and the limitation defence amendment procedurally inappropriate given prior withdrawal.

EMERGENCY – GENERAL MEETING – NOTICE – where body corporate has been issued notices by QFES to rectify non-compliant common property – where committee seeks authority to call EGM on shortened notice in order to meet QFES notice deadline to commence works. Act, s 243A; Accommodation Module, s 81

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ADMINISTRATOR – whether an administrator should be appointed – who should be appointed, with what powers, and for how long. Act, ss 276, 278, 301

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APPLICATION FOR INTERIM ORDER – whether the body corporate should be prevented from carrying out any further waterproofing or drainage works, predominantly to the balconies of lots, until a final determination can be made as to whether the work adequately meets the body corporate’s maintenance responsibilities, whether some of it should be done by lot owners, whether it requires general meeting approval, and whether it ought to be funded from the sinking fund. Act, ss 20, 94(2), 100(5), 279; Accommodation Module, ss 159, 162, 170, 201.

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CHANGE OF FINANCIAL YEAR – application to change the financial year end date of the Body Corporate Act, s 283

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GENERAL MEETING PROCEDURES – whether the body corporate should be authorised to hold its annual general meeting outside the legislative time limit. Accommodation Module, s 73

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – whether a declaration should be made that if the body corporate holds its AGM outside the prescribed legislative time frame, the meeting will not necessarily be invalid. Act, ss 2, 4, 276(1); Accommodation Module, s 73.

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AGM PROCEDURES & RESOLUTIONS – whether an AGM was invalid because there was no committee resolution to call it or set the agenda; - whether various motions should have been included on the agenda – where motions not submitted by the committee or lot owners MAINTENANCE – responsibility for maintenance under a building format plan Act, s 97; Accommodation Module ss 72, 76, 83

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• The Owners – Strata Plan No 76700 owners corp
• Natalia Trentelman lot owner

Application to extend time to appeal the Tribunal's costs decision was dismissed due to extraordinary delay of over two years with no adequate explanation, despite the appeal having good prospects of success.

DISPUTE – whether the claimed dispute is about matters other than the respondent not signing a development application under the Planning Act 2016; whether the applicant had to seek body corporate authorisation under the Act before making modifications to common property; whether the applicant sought body corporate authorisation under the Act; whether informal communications between the applicant and the respondent satisfied the requirements of the Act; whether there is a dispute to be resolved about a claimed or anticipated contravention of the Act or the scheme’s community management statement, or about the exercise of rights or powers, or the performance of duties, under the Act or the CMS. Act, ss 94, 170, 171; Standard Module, ss 184, 187.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – whether a body corporate annual general meeting will be invalid just because it will be held outside the prescribed legislative time frame. Standard Module, s 83.

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Waiver of legal professional privilege No 2

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COMMITTEE DECISION – whether the committee did not act reasonably when it proposed a motion to the annual general meeting to install speed humps in the scheme’s driveway – whether the body corporate properly administered the common property SPEED HUMPS – whether speed humps installed on common property should be removed. DISABLITY – whether claims the applicant was treated differently to other occupants because of her back disability – relevance of Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth). Act, ss 94, 100(5), 152, 252E(5); Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth), ss 4(1), 5, 11.

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• John Thomas Strang lot owner
• Janette Strang lot owner
• The Owners - Strata Plan No. 92709 owners corp

The application was dismissed; the Tribunal found that exclusive use by-laws 130-139 validly shift responsibility for repair and maintenance of the air conditioning system to the lot owner, and the owners corporation has not failed in its obligations regarding common property.

Retaining wall – responsibility for cost of replacement. Standard Module , ss 180, 192.

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Whether body corporate spending can be from the sinking fund; whether the body corporate has maintained common property in good condition; whether works approved by the body corporate are maintenance of common property or improvements to common property. Act, ss 94, 150, 152.

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EMERGENCY EXPENDITURE – whether the body corporate committee should be authorised to exceed its spending limit without the authority of an ordinary resolution to repair structural and waterproofing damage to a lot that has caused hazardous mould in a neighbouring lot. Act, ss 243A(1)(a); Standard Module, ss 91, 172, 173.

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APPLICATION FOR AN INTERIM ORDER – MOTIONS FROM AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – whether the respondent should be prevented from acting on 5 motions from the annual general meeting – spending limits – whether there are serious questions of law and the balance of convenience falls in favour of the applicants – whether the nature or urgency of the circumstances require an order to be made. . Accommodation Module, ss 163, 186(2).

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DECLARATORY ORDER – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – where annual general meeting to be held more than three months after end of financial year – whether to declare that annual general meeting will be not be invalid for being held late Accommodation Module, s 73

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Permission to hold AGM outside of legislative time frame\_.\_ Accommodation Module, s 73

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Validity of EGM RESOLUTIONS– whether resolutions to undertake repairs to exterior of lots are valid. MAINTENANCE – Standard Format Plan of subdivision Standard Module, ss 180, 211 INTERIM ORDER – Application for interim order– whether warranted in circumstances\_.\_ SDW2 Pty Ltd v JLF Corporation Pty Ltd [[2017] QSC 001](/cgi-bin/LawCite?cit=%5b2017%5d%20QSC%20001 "View LawCiteRecord") ABC v O’Neill [[2006] HCA 46](/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/2006/46.html "View Case") Act, s 279;

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – whether a declaration should be made that if the body corporate holds its AGM outside the prescribed legislative time frame, the meeting will not necessarily be invalid. Act, ss 2, 4, 276(1); Accommodation Module, s 73.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – whether a body corporate annual general meeting will be invalid just because it will be held outside the prescribed legislative time frame. Accommodation Module, s 73

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APPLICATION FOR AN INTERIM ORDER – MOTIONS FROM AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – whether the respondent should be prevented from acting on 10 motions from the annual general meeting – whether there are serious questions of law and the balance of convenience falls in favour of the applicants – whether the nature or urgency of the circumstances require an order to be made. . Act, ss 94(2); Accommodation Module, ss 112(2)(a), 129(2), 138(2).

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ALTERATION TO A LOT – where a by-law requires body corporate approval for changes to the appearance of a lot - where the respondent installed grey tiles on her terrace without body corporate approval – whether the respondent breached the by-law – whether the tiles should be replaced. Act, s 94

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FINANCIAL YEAR – whether the financial year end date for the body corporate should be changed. Act, s 283

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DECLARATORY ORDER – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – where annual general meeting is to be held more than three months after end of the financial year – whether to declare that annual general meeting will be not be invalid for being held late Accommodation Module, s 73

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ADMINISTRATOR – whether to appoint an administrator to act for the body corporate. Act, ss 276, 278 and 301\_.\_

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POWER OF ADJUDICATOR TO MAKE ORDERS- Section 276 Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 WHEN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MUST BE CALLED –section 83 \_Body Corporate and Community Management (\_Standard Module) Regulation 2020

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FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – whether an administrator should be appointed to call and hold the first annual general meeting for the scheme. Act, s 301; Standard Module, s 94

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Costs; Owners Corporations

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INTERIM ORDER – whether an interim order is necessary because of the nature or urgency of the circumstances to which the application relates. Act, s 279

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PET DOG – COMMITTEE DECISION – REASONABLENESS – where by-law requires committee approval to keep a pet – where committee refused lot owner’s request to keep a dog – where committee cites other owners’ opposition to keeping pets – whether committee decision was unreasonable – whether to deem applicants have approval to keep a dog. Act, s 100(5)

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INTERIM ORDER – where committee passed motions to demolish parts of common property – where owner says the works are unnecessary and otherwise require a general meeting resolution – where works are scheduled for the day after the application – whether to make interim order to halt the works. Act, s 279

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INTERIM ORDER – whether an interim order is necessary because of the nature or urgency of the circumstances to which the application relates. Act, s 279

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