Can a strata council be held to account for the actions of its own members when dealing with an issue of water ingress?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hoggard v. The Owners, Strata Plan 158, 2021 BCCRT 143 (CanLII):
51. In Leclerc v. The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 614, 2012 BCSC 74, the court considered a case of water ingress into a strata lot. The court said that although the strata could perhaps have hastened its investigations of the problem, there was no evidence of deliberate foot-dragging. The court said a strata council is not required to be perfect, only to act reasonably with fair regard for the interests of all concerned (paragraph 61).
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