Can a strata council investigate a complaint of a contravention of a bylaw?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gool v. The Owners, Strata Plan BCS4368, 2021 BCCRT 1146 (CanLII):
18. The strata council may investigate bylaw contravention complaints as it sees fit, so long as it 1) complies with the principles of procedural fairness and 2) does not act in a significantly unfair manner to any person who appears before it: Chorney v. Strata Plan VIS 770, 2016 BCSC 148 at paragraph 52.
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