There’s a fund, sometimes called a sinking fund that is comprised of levies on individual owners. This is usually for maintenance of communal areas and repair and replacement of common building structures. In the event of an unusual collective cost a special levy can be raised. In this case it would be “speshul”. It’s likely the strata has building corporation insurance for defined events but also possible that all owners might have to contribute to a legal defence. It’s possible this might get them offside. John could lose friends. Oh. Wait.doesnt the strata get their money from residents paying dues? If he won a payout from the strata, where would the money come from?