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NCAT decisions this week: builders and building defects, house rentals and bonds, other civil disputes (14 October to 20 October 2026)
4 NCAT decisions from 14 October to 20 October 2026, in plain English.
Read Guide →Default decision wiped out after adjudicator gave no reasons for refusing to set it aside (QCAT, 2026)
A company had a $9,483.17 minor debt decision entered against it by default after it did not respond to a claim it…
Read Guide →Concreter ordered to pay $11,647.85 to rip up defective concrete and repair walls (QCAT, 2026)
A home owner had concrete laid at her Brisbane house in March 2024, and the tribunal had already found the work defective…
Read Guide →Administrators appointed to rerun a committee election after invalid owners corporation votes (VCAT, 2026)
A lot owner asked VCAT to appoint an administrator to a Carlton apartment building's owners corporation after years of fighting over who…
Read Guide →Builder wins appeal over strata defect orders; six-year time limit case sent back to be re-heard (NCAT, 2026)
An owners corporation of a 59-lot strata building sued the builder at NCAT over slab cracking, water ingress and drainage, and the…
Read Guide →QCAT decisions this week: other civil disputes, house rentals and bonds (13 October to 19 October 2026)
5 QCAT decisions from 13 October to 19 October 2026, in plain English.
Read Guide →NCAT decisions this week: builders and building defects, house rentals and bonds, other civil disputes (13 October to 19 October 2026)
3 NCAT decisions from 13 October to 19 October 2026, in plain English.
Read Guide →Tenant’s appeal refused: $2,840 taken from the bond for cleaning, lost rent and a driveway stain (QCAT, 2026)
A tenant was ordered to pay $2,840 out of her $3,120 bond after the tribunal found the rental property was not left…
Read Guide →Cleaning costs still payable after a tenancy ended for domestic violence: award raised to $782.60 (QCAT, 2026)
A tenant ended her tenancy early using the domestic violence provisions of Queensland's tenancy law, and the landlord and managing agent claimed…
Read Guide →Landlord ordered to repay $1,521.08 taken from a shop lease bond for his own legal fees (QCAT, 2026)
A landlord took $1,521.08 out of a retail shop tenant's bond to cover the legal fees for preparing a renewed lease, and…
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