What is the test for appointing an administrator to a strata plan?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from 1049442 B.C. Ltd. v The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 1669, 2019 BCSC 1462 (CanLII):

In Lum v. Strata Plan VR519, 2001 BCSC 493 at para. 11, the court provided the following factors informing the exercise of the court’s discretion as to whether to appoint an administrator: (a) whether there has been established a demonstrated inability to manage the strata corporation, (b) whether there has been demonstrated substantial misconduct or mismanagement or both in relation to affairs of the strata corporation, (c) whether the appointment of an administrator is necessary to bring order to the affairs of the strata corporation, (d) where there is a struggle within the strata corporation among competing groups such as to impede or prevent proper governance of the strata corporation, (e) where only the appointment of an administrator has any reasonable prospect of bringing to order the affairs of the strata corporation.

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