To answer Hasbean's last question, it's “normal” for ECs to refuse to pay for CP-caused damage, but it's neither right nor legal.
And to jump in and answer for Chris, the OC would have been liable for any damage cause by a fault in Common Property like a leak of pipes inside a wall.
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