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Prag N.O and Another v Trustees for the time being of the Mitchell’s Plain Industrial Enterprises Sectional Title Scheme Body Corporate and Others (A260\/2020) [2021] ZAWCHC 132 (16 July 2021)<\/p>\n

This is an interesting judgment following on a claim by an owner for damages arising from a fire that gutted his section, against the body corporate. The claim was lodged at the Community Schemes Ombud for payment of the costs of repair to the unit. Apart from many other disputes addressed in the judgment, the court made it clear that the Ombud\u2019s preliminary rejection of the claim was right, as it did not have jurisdiction. This was because the fire damaged the section only and thus, on the facts of this matter, did not involve a matter relating to the common property in the scheme. Thus, when considering lodging a dispute at the Ombud\u2019s office, it is savvy to first get expert advice.<\/p>\n

As an aside, it is also important for bodies corporate\/sectional title owners to note why the sectional title scheme\u2019s insurer refused the claim.<\/p>\n

The Judgment<\/a>
\nSummary of the Judgment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prag N.O and Another v Trustees for the time being of the Mitchell’s Plain Industrial Enterprises Sectional Title Scheme Body Corporate and Others (A260\/2020) [2021] ZAWCHC 132 (16 July 2021) This is an interesting judgment following on a claim by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":24452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-property-law-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nProperty Law Update | Dispute referral to the Ombud: Essentially there for issues that bear on the community, says the court - 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