Can a strata corporation investigate a bylaw contravention as its council sees fit?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chau v. The Owners, Strata Plan NW 155, 2020 BCCRT 1161 (CanLII):
22. The courts have held that a strata corporation may investigate bylaw contravention complaints as its council sees fit, so long as it complies with the principles of procedural unfairness and is not significantly unfair to any person appearing before the council (see Chorney v. Strata Plan VIS 770, 2016 BCSC 148).
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