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Landlord and tenant

Singh v Ellis

Singh v Ellis [2025] NSWCATAP 21

Appeal Panel found excessive intervention at first instance denied procedural fairness, allowed the appeal in part, and corrected the bond orders.

  • Rental bond claim
  • Procedural fairness
  • Service of termination notice
  • Vacant possession
  • Return of keys
  • Procedural-fairness
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Property law

Afluk v The New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation

Afluk v The New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2024] NSWDC 521

The District Court dismissed a landlord’s claim for fire damage, finding no proof the tenant or subtenant negligently caused the fire and no duty on the tenant to repair non-negligent damage.

  • Residential tenancy
  • Repairs and obligations
  • Negligence
  • Vicarious liability
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Residential-tenancy
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Landlord and tenant

SuperBurrito Pty Ltd v TNAU Finery Pty Ltd

SuperBurrito Pty Ltd v TNAU Finery Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCATAP 200

Appeal Panel decision on a COVID-19 retail lease dispute involving impacted-lessee status, unconscionable conduct, and storage-cost damages.

  • Covid-19 leasing regulations
  • Impacted tenant definition
  • Jobkeeper eligibility
  • Unconscionable conduct
  • Assessment of damages
  • Covid-19-leasing-regulations
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Landlord and tenant

Wallalong Land Developments Pty Limited v Charles Joseph Warren (No 2)

Wallalong Land Developments Pty Limited v Charles Joseph Warren (No 2) [2024] NSWLC 8

The Local Court fixed fair rent under the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1948 at $50 per month for a protected tenant’s cottage at Catherine Hill Bay.

  • Protected estate
  • Fair rent determination
  • Exercise of jurisdiction of fair rent tribunal
  • Fair-rent-determination
  • Protected-tenancy
  • Landlord-and-tenant-law
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Contract law

Cao v ISPT Pty Ltd

Cao v ISPT Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 188

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal about a commercial lease affected by COVID-19 restrictions, holding the lease was not frustrated.

  • Frustration of contract
  • Commercial leases
  • Covid-19 restrictions
  • Impossibility of performance
  • Allocation of risk
  • Commercial-lease
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Property law

Cosgrove v Hutchinson; Hutchinson v Cosgrove

Cosgrove v Hutchinson; Hutchinson v Cosgrove [2024] NSWSC 748

The Court held that a Local Court claim for possession of residential premises was barred by s 119 of the Residential Tenancies Act, and the accompanying rent claim could not proceed.

  • Leases
  • Residential tenancies
  • Jurisdiction
  • Prohibition of proceedings for recovery of possession
  • Long term leases
  • Recovery of rent
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Tort law

Alderson v Gause; Alderson (Compensation to Relatives) v Gause; Heafey v Gause; Heafey v Gause; Heafey v Gause; Heafey v Gause

Alderson v Gause; Alderson (Compensation to Relatives) v Gause; Heafey v Gause; Heafey v Gause; Heafey v Gause; Heafey v Gause [2024] NSWDC 152

The District Court held a landlord negligently failed to ensure operational smoke alarms before a fatal house fire, causing death and mental harm, with damages reduced for intoxication.

  • Negligence
  • Duty of care
  • Landlord's liability
  • Smoke alarms
  • Contributory negligence
  • Intoxication
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Residential tenancies

Scoble v Schembri

Scoble v Schembri [2024] NSWCATCD 34

The Tribunal held the arrangement was a boarding-house occupancy, not a residential tenancy, because the respondent retained control and mastery over the premises.

  • Tenant or boarder distinction
  • Jurisdictional exclusion
  • Residential tenancy agreements
  • Boarding houses
  • Residential-tenancies
  • Boarding-houses
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Landlord and tenant

Hendy v Parsons

Hendy v Parsons [2024] NSWCATCD 25

The Tribunal ordered the landlord to pay compensation, replace bedroom blinds, and reduce rent after finding delays in repairs to a dishwasher and air-conditioning, and unrepaired blinds.

  • Repairs to premises
  • Landlord's duty
  • Rent reduction
  • Compensation
  • Residential-tenancy-repairs
  • Landlord-duty-to-repair
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Landlord and tenant

Wallalong Land Developments Pty Ltd v Charles Joseph Warren (No 1)

Wallalong Land Developments Pty Ltd v Charles Joseph Warren (No 1) [2024] NSWLC 6

The Local Court held it has jurisdiction to hear a fair rent application under the 1948 Act for a protected tenancy, and adjourned the matter for hearing.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Protected tenancies
  • Fair rents board
  • Magistrates’ powers
  • Civil jurisdiction
  • Protected-tenancies
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