The Tribunal awarded the applicant owners corporation nominal costs of $2,100.00 in a successful fee recovery proceeding, holding that while the respondent lot owners' defences did not meet the threshold for a full or indemnity costs order under s 109(3)(a)–(d) of the VCAT Act, the Tribunal's usual practice of awarding nominal costs in successful fee recovery proceedings justified a limited departure from the default position under s 109(3)(e).
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