i’ve had a legal fee imposed on me for a debt recovery charge when i paid my levies late. however i’ve refused to pay it on the following grounds:
1. i paid the outstanding levies within a few days of receiving the notice from the strata manager, i think they were unreasonably hasty in passing it to a debt collector (if they ever actually did, see below)
2. i never had any correpsondence or communication of any kind from the debt collector – so my contention is that the debt collector did nothing, should have rendered them a bill, the strata manager shouldn’t have paid it if he did and their incompetence is not my issue
the strata manager has refused to remove the charge from my account, i’m interested in people’s comments