A common question that we get asked is “How does a person deal with water leak issues?”

The main thing to determine in water leak issues are two things:

1. Is there evidence through an expert report identifying what caused the leak and the damage, once you get evidence from an expert identifying where the leak is coming from and what is the damage caused, a significant amount of the water leak issue has been addressed?
2. The second thing that needs to be determined is once it’s been identified where did the water leak is coming from, identify whether the source of a water leak is private property or common property. If the water leak is coming from common property, the party claiming water leak damages could turn to the owner's corporation and claim and require them to rectify and stop the leak and rectify the result and d ...