Cases cited: The Owners - Unit Plan No 3182 v Black and Anor [2018] ACAT 6

1. Within 28 days the respondents pay the applicant the amount of $366.06.

1. These reasons should be read as supplementary to the Tribunal's reasons in The Owners - Unit Plan No 3182 v Black and Anor [2018] ACAT 6 (Black).
2. In this case, the respondent was ordered to pay the applicant the sum of $1,207.97. The Tribunal notes the advice of the lawyers retained in that matter, Kerin Benson, that the amount of the judgment included the ACAT filing fee of $290.00; administrative charges and disbursements incurred by the strata manager and the cost of a title search; legal costs incurred in issuing a letter of demand totalling $55.00 and a sum of $263.94 for legal costs incurred in preparing the claim to file at the Tribunal. The total amount of legal costs incurred for preparing the claim for filing at the Tribunal was $469.00.
3. The following expenses were also claimed:

1. Taking into account the guiding principles outlined in Black, the Tribunal accepts that it was reasonable to incur the costs as itemised, save for the legal agent filing fee of $44.00. Apparently, this fee represents the cost of a Canberra based solicitor attending the tribunal on two occasions to lodge paperwork. The Tribunal considers this to be an unnecessary expense as the tribunal permits claims and applications to be filed by post and this is the most cost efficient way to attend to filing.
2. The legal agent filing fee costs of $44.00 are disallowed. Therefore, the Tribunal allows expenses in the sum of $366.06.