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I hear what you are saying Jimmy and if this was a one off I would agree with you. But thisĀ SCAM as been going on for approx 10 years against a no of lot owners who are generally ignorant of the rules. The current self managed Strata Management have in effect changed the UE to their benefit (I would assume).
A conciliator hasn’t the knowledge or powers and cannot negotiate the UE. If the OP goes to conciliation (I doubt a conciliator would touch this with a barge pole) regarding her claims and come to a settlement on just her claim, she could in the future be accused of complicity in the scam.
An adjudicator has the power to appoint a professional SM to resolve the issues affecting all the owners and to prevent any of the offenders selling their properties before they have repaid all amounts due (or at least make a note in the Strata Roll that lots x,y & z have strata fees and penalty interest owing of unknown amounts).
Also if they have manipulated the system such that they pay lower fees then they would not be allowed to vote at the AGM or other OC meeting until these debts were cleared.
I consider these reasons I have put forward more than enough to satisfy an adjudicator that conciliation is not applicable.