04/09/2019 – Jurisdiction British Columbia
68 published on 01/12/2019
Court Registrar completes re-assessment of strata corporation’s legal costs for registering and enforcing its lien
The strata corporation had obtained an order for payment under a lien together with “reasonable legal costs”. The corporation’s legal costs had been assessed by the Court Registrar. The Registrar had denied all costs claimed by the strata corporation and in fact awarded $750 to the owner, as his costs for the Registrar’s hearing. [See Condo Cases Across Canada, Part 65, March 2019.]
The strata corporation appealed. The appeal Court granted the appeal and referred the matter back to the Court Registrar to have the corporation’s reasonable legal costs re-assessed. [See Condo Cases Across Canada, Part 66, June 2019.]
The Master (acting as Registrar) then reassessed the corporation’s reasonable costs, disbursements and taxes for registering and enforcing its lien (recoverable from the owner under Section 118 of the Strata Property Act) at $14,996.94.