On July 15, 2020, Greg Meckbach reported in Canadian Underwriter that a British Columbia strata owner is not liable for damage to the unit immediately below as a result of a burst toilet supply line, the province’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled. The September 2018 plumbing mishap happened in a strata unit owned by Xiu Feng Guan. The water flowed through the floor into a unit below. The lower unit’s owner, Li Ping Duan, took Guan to the CRT claiming Guan owes her $1,150

Some stratas have the following Bylaws: Monies received by the strata corporation from an owner or on behalf of the owner shall be applied against the account relating to that owner's strata lot in the following order of priority; the cost of remedying the contravention of a bylaw or rule (including legal fees) fines costs to repair damage (including but not limited to an insurance deductible) for which the owner is responsible to pay pursuant to the bylaws or the Strata Act