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My elderly mother’s neighbours and the Exec Committee in her block are in a protracted dispute over a leaky roof. The neighbours want the OC to pay for repairs to their roof, which is oddly shaped, and the EC has declined to pay claiming the roof was damaged when an air-conditioning unit was installed. The neighbours have a structural engineering report to say this is not the case and the previous owner of the property complained to my mother about water coming in, well before the air-con was installed. After the heavy rain this week another apartment two doors away has also had water damage as a result of the leaky roof.

The matter has been through adjudication and an order was made in favour of the neighbours, which the EC is now appealing. My mother is becoming anxious because the legal costs etc. are mounting up, and it is not inconceivable that there will need to be a special levy to pay them. Is there anything that can be done to stop the EC pursuing what has become a personal vendetta funded by the OC? My understanding is that most of the other residents are sick of the matter and just want it to go away. At any point can individual EC members be held personally liable for costs?

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