This is a long story, and I need a lawyer or someone law savy to answer. Here is the situation:
I live in a condominium with my older brother and father. The garage was scheduled to be repainted (the lines etc.) until 11:30am in the morning where before that, one could not take out their car. So at 11:40am my older brother went down to take his car out to find that the door was bolted down. There was also another gentleman. They told security who called the super who never showed up for 1hr and no one knew anything about what to do. The other gentleman took his tools from home and unbolted the garage door, opened it, and left. Then, my older brother also simply lifted the door (only) and left. That is exactly what happened and please, all answers should be based on these facts.
Now, we then received a vague invoice from the building management for tampering with the door and that they had to call the company to "fix" it, although really all they had to do was bolt it again (which the super or even us could have done). As well, there was a 100$ administration fee by the ***** manager, which is ridiculous because writing an invoice takes about 5 minutes (I do this for a living, I'm a bookkeeper). We contested the invoice saying that we did not tamper with the door because really we just opened it and it was the other guy who unbolted it. The manager said that they have a video showing my older brother tampering with the door. When we asked for the video to show to the board of directors (who are all also jerks and sided with the manager), they said that they wouldn't show it and to go to the police department because they had a copy as well. We asked for pictures of the work that had to be done and/or any damages but she said there are none. I should mention during an unrecorded confrontation, the manager mentioned that it the invoice was due to damage, but she could easily deny it. There is no actual proof of damage because she cant bring any up. We also argued that the designated time they gave was 11:30 and it had been well over that time. The other guy shouldn't have been charged as well anyway, never mind us. (I should mention the whole invoice was split between my brother and the guy).The manager said that the letter had said "aprox. 11:30am" which I doubt but have no proof. They also said that they would have criminally charged us but let us off since this was a first offence. Now, we obtained the police report which basically said that my FATHER tampered with the door (it was under my father's name, not my older brother's who wasn't even mentioned) and the police report said that the video cant be shown to protect the other man but there was no evidence of damage or vandalism. Now, my question is, what can we do? How can we fight the invoice with a vague reason. The manager refused to give a written reason for the invoice. We can't view the video. The lawyer we talked to said that the law is structured for the building so they will probably win AND they could countersue or whatever for breaking and entering (can they do that?). Also, don't we have a legal right to view the video? Note that this is private property. Can tampering really be simply opening it just a bit (the previous guy opened it and it was slipping just a bit so my brother pushed it to the top again). Doesn't the manager have an obligation to give a reason for the invoice rather than "labor cost?" In a civil matter, even if it is out of court, don't we have a right to see the evidence against us? How about a in-court civil matter? Can we sue for slandering my father's name since the police report shouldnt have had anything to do with my father? Can we fight the ridiculous administration fee? The lawyers advice was to pay it and not waste time. We can't afford a lawyer and they can, and the law is structured FOR the building. He didn't say who was legally right. Morally, I think we are.

