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Does such an animal exist? The leading text book uthor promises a letter but doesn’t send it, the leading female acts for the dissident owner, writes our case for us (she forgot who’s side she was on) and then is sacked, the other leading firm says it is no point appealing the adjudicator’s orders because it’s just confirming the mediation settlement even though the reasons are full of errors, one of the leading practitioners mentioned on your website took a brief, promised drafts on at least 5 occasions nd in late January said he was too busy: a wasted 3 months. The firm he recommended says you are out of time to appeal, give up.
The OC decided to not pay the builder the final $2k from his first job because of damage he had caused and his destruction of common property. The medaition agreed to do the work the builder specified but did not require that builder to be used. The adjudicator’s order specifies that that is the work to be done.
The compulsorily appointed strata manager is determined to use that builder. She has paid the outstanding amount and the builder knows he is in. His quote for the work went up by a factor of 5. The mediation required 3 quotes. The agent says she must use that builder, even though this is not in the order.
Who advised the agent on how to allocate the costs? The builder and the consulting engineer. The dissident owner works for a major developer. The builder works for that developer. Indeed, the owner gives a testimonial for the builder for his work for the developer. Gues which consulting engineer works for the developer?
I have a compulsorily appointed strata manager who refuses to answer questions and who favours the dissident owner. And NCAT says, yes, that’s how the law works.