Australia, March 29 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Feb. 28:
1. Mr Keddis alleges that Ms Pelders is guilty of contempt of the Tribunal because she has failed, without reasonable excuse, to comply with two summonses to produce documents issued under s 48 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) (NCAT Act). Mr Keddis, who is one of five lot owners in a strata scheme, applied for the summonses to be issued to Ms Pelders who was then the director of Owners Corporate Management Services Pty Ltd (OCMS) the strata managing agent of the strata scheme.
2. The alleged contempt was not committed "in the face or hearing of the Tribunal". In those circumstances the only procedure...