Re: Strata slap – should EC have claimed insurance for private spat?

Update – obtained copy of Insurance Policy.  Yes, there are consequences for misrepresentation. Have notified Strata Manager of my concerns regarding the upcoming EGM and the ratification after the fact of the EC member & condoning of same by the EC in claiming legal fees on Owners Corporation Liability Insurance.  I can only hope at least one member of the EC will be the voice of reason and understand the legalities involved here if this is allowed to continue and the exposure to the OC as a whole for costs. The three of us who see the consequences are the youngest owners in this Over 55’s SEP5 Strata complex. We have tried our best to explain this to the other but there is none so blind as they who will not see. I have indicated to them that the Chairman (a JP) witnessed her hitting me a 2nd time to show him how hard she had hit me the first time and my partner was witness to that.  She had admitted to two constables last week that (her words) ‘she put her hands on me’, I have my sworn statement to the police and the court which provides a full account for the reason for seeking the AVO.  I have a signed undertaking to the court and myself by the EC member that she will cease such behaviour and on the bottom it states each person will pay their own costs. I have a court transcript with her solicitors opening statement to the magistrate stating this is a ‘private matter between X and Y’ and I have on file minutes of an EGM meeting which took place shortly after this incident which clearly shows this is a private matter between two owners and the EC cannot and will not get involved. I also have evidence of the EC member withholding documents from the correspondence file held by the Strata manager stating ‘she will deal with the matter’.   I dont know what else I can say. The Insurance company has been misrepresented and yet I feel like I am a voice in the wilderness as other owners befriend her as she cries that she is being victimised.  If anyone has and is being victimised in the matter it is me and the OC.  Anyway, I will continue to update the progress of this. I know there are more important things happening in the world but a wrong is a wrong and it must be righted as far as I am concerned or more serious corruption can occur.