Vermont, well done on your victory, but the fact that you had to spend all that money just to get neighbours to comply is an outrage that must be fixed by the Minns government. Surely if such a breach is upheld then the breacher should be made to pay your costs to deter others.
It seems that folks who breach by laws clearly factor in that a victim of the by law breaches will think twice before dragging them to NCAT as it requires opening up their wallets.
Case in point: a neighnour installed hard flooring without OC approval. She does not deny it, how could she? We have proof. But as a SC member, she has the backing of the SC and will not remedy the situation.
We applied to NCAT. She asked and received approval to be represented by a solicitor on the OC’s dime.
We don’t understand how a solicitor was appointed as the OC ignored ss 103 and 105 SSMA.
We are representing ourselves as we can’t afford a solicitor. NCAT made clear that if she wins we may have to pay costs.
Can anyone indicate what are our options?