A condominium management corporation took a unit owner to court to pay damages it had based on a condo by-law - but the High Court ruled that the MC did not have the power to make such a by-law in the first place.
Striking down the MC's bid to seek some $344,000 from the owner, whose tenant had encroached on common walkway space, the judge said there was no provision under the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act (BMSMA) for the MC to make such a by-law.
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