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Tenants refused leave to appeal a $500 bond deduction and their privacy claims against an agent (QCAT, 2026)
Long-term tenants tried to appeal a tribunal decision that gave $500 of their $2400 bond to the managing agent and dismissed their $50,000 counter-claim over privacy breaches and alleged retaliation. The appeal…
Read Guide →Claim of $1,080.32 against a mechanic dismissed for lack of evidence of poor work (QCAT, 2026)
A vehicle owner sought $1,080.32 from a mobile diesel mechanic for towing, parts and a labour charge connected with two repair episodes…
Read Guide →Builder owed no duty to cover owners’ pure economic loss from defects claimed 13.5 years on (QCAT, 2026)
Homeowners sued their builder in negligence for about $278,000 to $285,000 in repair costs, 13.5 years after their house was finished. On…
Read Guide →Neighbour’s bid to cut back overhanging gum tree dismissed for lack of evidence (QCAT, 2026)
A homeowner asked the tribunal to order the owners of a neighbouring property to deal with a large gum tree she said…
Read Guide →Plumber without builder’s licence ordered to repay $8,000 for steel beam job that never went ahead (QCAT, 2026)
Home owners paid $8,000 to a tradesperson who agreed to supply and install a structural steel beam, but the job was put…
Read Guide →$12,055 order against a builder overturned because he never knew about the hearing (NCAT, 2026)
A homeowner won a $12,055 order against a builder at a hearing the builder did not attend, after the papers went only…
Read Guide →Appeal dismissed, but tribunal confirms electrician is not the builder named in a 2021 order (NCAT, 2026)
An electrician's licence renewal was blocked because of a 2021 tribunal order against a builder whose name used the same two given…
Read Guide →Builder ordered to pay $141,404 after not fixing rust spots on strata apartment walls (SAT, 2026)
A builder was ordered by the Building Commissioner to fix rust spots coming through the painted render of two strata apartment buildings,…
Read Guide →Strata company succeeds in by-law case over carpet tiles laid without written approval (SAT, 2026)
An apartment owner in a Mosman Park strata building replaced the carpet in his unit with carpet tiles laid over rubber-like mats…
Read Guide →Appeal dismissed: solar installer must still remove system and refund homeowner in full (NCAT, 2026)
A homeowner won a tribunal claim that her solar electricity system had a major failure, and the installer was ordered to remove…
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