Reply To: NCAT – Explaining what an Order means

Hey Jimmy,

Thanks for the clarification.

Your definition is what I was moving towards, but was unsure given online sources that I came across in NSW, where I reside and from sources in Victoria, were not crystal clear.

I will act as you suggest and will limit my submission to only a handful of orders sought. That should help the Tribunal and the respondents. And me.

FWIW, I learned two interesting things at the Directions Hearing.

(1) That I can amend my complaint by adding new orders to my initial paperwork, but the respondents have the right to challenge the additional orders if they can prove that I was “out of time” when adding new orders.

If NCAT says the respondent can do that, I accept that is their right. But if I feel the additional orders are very important, I surely can apply for them separately i.e. under a fresh application. Right?; and

(2) NCAT is and remains – as I read in this forum as well as on solicitors’ blogs over the years – prima facie not enthusiastic to order a compulsory strata manager. Unless, I suppose I am able to offer an abundance of evidence that there is no better alternative to compulsory management.