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Room renter recovers $650 of her $1,120 deposit after leaving a share house in three days (ACAT, 2026)
A student rented a bedroom in a Canberra share house, moved in, and left three days later after being told the owners might sell the house. ACAT found the deal was an…
Read Guide →Rent increase notice two days short: landlord ordered to pay tenants $2,218.20 (ACAT, 2026)
A landlord asked the tribunal for a backdated rent increase of $25 a week, but the notice his agent sent gave the…
Read Guide →Owner’s refusal of a tenant’s cat ruled unreasonable, tribunal allows the pet to stay (TASCAT, 2026)
A tenant asked her landlord for written consent to keep a shelter cat, and the landlord refused, pointing to a $34,000 renovation,…
Read Guide →Bid to re-run a workers compensation hearing missed by the worker is dismissed (TASCAT, 2026)
A worker's weekly payments and medical expenses were cut off at a tribunal hearing he and his solicitors did not attend, and…
Read Guide →Builder’s defect claim against its own subcontractor dismissed: tribunal had no power to hear it (TASCAT, 2026)
A head contractor hired to carry out insurance renovation work on a home engaged a subcontractor to do the bathroom, then claimed…
Read Guide →Worker ordered to pay the employer’s costs after opposing a discovery application and losing (TASCAT, 2026)
In a workers compensation matter, the employer applied for an order that the worker hand over documents about whether he intended to…
Read Guide →Tenant’s claim over goods disposed of in 2018 dismissed as filed outside the six-year limit (SACAT, 2026)
A tenant asked the tribunal for compensation because her landlord, a housing provider, disposed of her belongings after her tenancy ended in…
Read Guide →Tenants ordered out but given the maximum 90 days after repair termination notice held valid (SACAT, 2026)
Landlords of a 100-year-old rental gave their long-term tenants a notice ending the tenancy so all the earthenware pipes could be replaced,…
Read Guide →Discrimination claim over medical records given to a parent dismissed as misconceived (SACAT, 2026)
A patient complained that her doctor handed her hospital discharge summary to her mother without her consent, and said this was disability…
Read Guide →Pet refusal with no legal ground fails: tenants may keep dog, cat and bearded dragon (SACAT, 2026)
A landlord refused the tenants' written applications to keep a dog, a cat and a bearded dragon, but the refusal notices did…
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