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Tribunal refuses to let a dog go home while a council destruction order is under review (SACAT, 2026)
A council ordered a dog destroyed and required it to be held at the Animal Welfare League until then, and the owner applied to the tribunal for review. The tribunal had already…
Read Guide →Third attempt to remove a father’s name from the birth register dismissed as an abuse of process (SACAT, 2026)
A parent asked the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages for a third time to delete the father's details from her two…
Read Guide →Tenant’s housing standards claim dismissed; her bed bug claim under tenancy law continues (SACAT, 2026)
A public housing tenant asked the tribunal to order her landlord to eradicate a bed bug infestation and to pay her $10,417.90…
Read Guide →Public housing eviction case reinstated on review after it was dismissed as misconceived (SACAT, 2026)
A public housing landlord applied for vacant possession because the tenant had not kept up the payments ordered by the tribunal, and…
Read Guide →Tenant’s pool compensation cut from $5,000 to $2,850 on internal review (SACAT, 2026)
A family rented a house with a swimming pool, but faulty pool equipment meant the pool was unusable for most of the…
Read Guide →Rent rise invalid on 12 days’ notice: landlords must refund the extra rent paid (SACAT, 2026)
A tenant on a rural property was handed a note lifting his rent from $300 to $325 a week starting 12 days…
Read Guide →Leave to appeal refused: $10,000 family loan repayment order stands (QCAT, 2026)
A son was ordered by QCAT to repay his mother $10,000 after he could not prove that a loan had turned into…
Read Guide →Body corporate wins appeal: caretakers barred from re-running a loss claim already decided (QCAT, 2026)
Caretakers for a body corporate lost a claim for unpaid monthly remuneration, then started a second case for the same period claiming…
Read Guide →Licence refusal put on hold so a real estate agent’s appeal still has value (QCAT, 2026)
A real estate agent's application to renew a licence was refused on the ground that the agent was not a suitable person,…
Read Guide →Appeal refused: car owner’s rust claim failed because his two expert reports contradicted each other (QCAT, 2026)
A man restoring a 1993 Nissan Patrol paid $8,000 for a respray and minor rust repair, and within twelve months the vehicle…
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