Does the CRT have any authority to award reprehensibly reprehensible conduct damages to a strata corporation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sailor v. The Owners, Strata Plan 1214, 2022 BCCRT 227 (CanLII):
26. One exception to the above is discussed in Parfitt et al v. The Owners, Strata Plan VR 416 et al, 2019 BCCRT 330. In that decision, the CRT Vice Chair awarded legal fees to the strata corporation because the respondent owners had acted reprehensibly. They wrote a threatening email to a potential witness in the dispute. The Vice Chair found this conduct met the threshold of reprehensible conduct deserving of reproof to warrant such an award.
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