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Hi Paula,
Very interesting situation. The first thing that needs to be sorted out is fixing the cause of the leak, an initial step would be to visit your neighbour up stairs and see if you can find anything evident in their unit that may be leaking. It is likely that there is an issue with the plumbing in the unit upstairs, and this may not be an OC responsibility to fix. Take for example if it is the sink waste in the unit upstairs, this is the lot owners responsibility to fix.
The repairs inside your unit may be covered by the OC’s insurances, but not the internal paintwork inside your apartment, this may be covered under your contents insurance.
I would suggest calling in a licensed contractor to inspect and quote (giving an itemised quote) for the works needed and proceed from there.
Mr S