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[2018] ACAT 80
ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal
2018-08-21
Neate AM
Original judgment source is linked above.
[1] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2
[2] See Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [2], [3]
[3] See Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [4]- [7]
[4] ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 section 82(b)
[5] See A Anforth, P Christensen, C Adkins, Residential Tenancies Law and Practice New South Wales (7th ed, The Federation Press, 2017) (Anforth et al) at [2.13.11], [2.52.1], [2.63.2], [2.63.5]
[6] Brogan Prestige Properties v Strand & Black [2010] ACAT 60 at [68] citing Irena Peters v Commissioner for Housing in the ACT [2006] ACTRTT 6
[7] A term of a residential tenancy agreement is void if it is inconsistent with a Standard Term and has not been endorsed by the Tribunal (sections 9, 10)
[8] See also Anforth et al at [2.52.3]
[9] See But v Baldwin [2016] ACAT 9 at [28] -[30] and cases cited
[10] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 13
[11] Watson v Gaudion [2009] ACAT 15 at [23]
[13] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 23. It is apparent from the Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing pages 17-21 that this evidence was not given to the Original Tribunal
[14] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 25
[15] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 23
[16] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 24
[17] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 25-26
[18] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 26
[19] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 27
[20] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 27-28
[21] ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 section 7
[22] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 7-17
[23] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 17-21
[24] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 17-21
[25] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 32-37
[26] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 38-68
[27] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 68-78
[28] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages, 17, 21, 32, 37 and 68
[29] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 21-22
[30] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages, 52-54
[31] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 24
[32] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 22
[33] Transcript of Original Tribunal hearing, pages 58-61
[34] Australian Postal Corporation v Hughes [2009] FCA 1057 at [12] - [19]; Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30 at [5]; Applicant WAEE v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 184 at [46]
[35] Lee v Guo [2017] ACAT 60 at [46] - [63]
[36] Lee v Guo [2017] ACAT 60 at [63]
[37] Watson v Gaudion [2009] ACAT 15 at [41], Costanzo and Laria v Watson [2010] ACAT 79 at [42], Saleem & Gizgeez v Abeygunaskara & Jeevanthan [2011] ACAT 9 at [8], Lee v Guo [2017] ACAT 60 at [47], [48]
[38] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 39
[39] Transcript of Original Tribunal hearing, page 78
[40] Transcript of Original Tribunal hearing, page 31
[41] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 38-39
[42] Costanzo and Laria v Watson [2010] ACAT 79 at [42]
[43] Lee v Guo [2017] ACAT 60 at [88]
[44] Costanzo and Laria v Watson [2010] ACAT 79 at [42], [43]
[46] Byrnes v Jokona Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 41 at [69]
[47] Constanzo and Laria v Watson [2016] ACAT 79 at [44], [43]
[48] Lee v Guo [2017] ACAT 60
[49] Lee v Guo [2017] ACAT 60 at [73]- [89], [93], [98]-[101], adopting the approach in Manour v Dangar [2017] ACAT 49 at [57], and comparing May v Medanic [2011] NSWCTTT 17
[50] See Watson v Gaudion [2009] ACAT 15 at [42], Bangura & Fan [2013] ACAT 38 at [89] But v Baldwin [2016] ACAT 9 at [51], Lee v Guo [2017] ACAT 60 at [94]
[51] See But v Baldwin [2016] ACAT 9 at [47], [48]
[52] See O'Brien v Dunsdon (1965-66) 39 ALJR 78 at 78
[53] See e.g. Watson v Gaudion [2009] ACAT 15 at [42], But v Baldwin [2016] ACAT 9 at [32], Lee v Guo [2017] ACAT 60 at [94].
[54] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 16
[55] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 4
[56] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 5, 16
[57] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 34-35
[58] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 12
[59] Transcript of Appeal hearing page 5
[60] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [13]
[61] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [13]
[62] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [14]
[63] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [18]
[64] The Original Tribunal was aware of the video and that its sole purpose was to deal with the cleaning issue by showing "the extent of how unclean" the subject premises were. Although the video contained "the most contemporaneous evidence," the Original Tribunal was prepared to accept that what was written in the Entry Condition Report on 14 September 2016 was not materially different from the condition of the premises at the commencement of the tenancy. (Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 9-10, 17)
[65] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [15]
[66] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [16]
[68] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 60
[69] Wolfe v Albekka [2011] ACAT 22 at [41]
[70] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 31-32
[71] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 32
[72] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 56-57
[73] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 55-56
[74] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 57
[75] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 59
[76] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 54
[77] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 29
[78] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 29-30
[79] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [22]
[80] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [23]
[81] See also Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 17-21
[82] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 52, 57-58
[84] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [25]
[85] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [24]
[86] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 31
[87] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 23
[88] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 25
[89] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 23-24
[90] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 24
[91] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 25
[92] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 26
[93] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 27
[94] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 30
[95] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 22
[96] Citing Withers-Norris v Pashello [2016]ACAT 95 at [90]-[91]
[97] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [25]
[98] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [28]
[99] See extract quoted at [123] above
[100] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 40
[101] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 58
[103] See Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [29] and exhibited documents
[104] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [33]- [35]
[105] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [36]
[106] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 41-42
[107] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 55
[108] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 51-52
[110] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 42-43
[111] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 39
[112] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 50-51
[113] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 43
[115] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [40]
[116] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [47]
[117] See Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [42]- [46] and exhibited documents
[118] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [48]
[119] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 43-44
[120] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 45-46
[121] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 47
[122] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [53]- [58]
[123] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [59]
[124] See also Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 23-28
[125] The Appellant acknowledged at the hearing before the Original Tribunal that the concerns expressed in the message were a function of her not having the heating on because of the issue with the birds. (Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 68)
[126] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 63
[127] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 63
[128] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 65. Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 65-68
[129] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages, 65-66
[130] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages, 18-19
[131] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 20
[132] Northern Sandblasting Pty Ltd v Harris (1997) 188 CLR 313
[133] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 19-20. Anforth et al at [2.63.4]
[134] Transcript of Appeal hearing, page 35
[135] Transcript of Appeal hearing, pages 61, 64
[136] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [61]
[137] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 68-69
[138] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 73-75
[139] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 69, 77
[140] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, page 76
[141] Transcript of the Original Tribunal hearing, pages 70-71
[142] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [62]
[143] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [65]- [68]
[144] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [69]- [71]
[145] Worrall v Commissioner for Housing of ACT [2002] FCAFC 127. See Anforth et al at [2.13.17], [2.50.2]
[146] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [70]
[147] Watson v Gaudion [2009] ACAT 15 at [31].
[148] Worrall v Commissioner for Housing for the Australian Capital Territory [2002] FCAFC 127
[149] Worrall v Commissioner for Housing for the Australian Capital Territory [2002] FCAFC 127 at [74]
[150] Worrall v Commissioner for Housing for the Australian Capital Territory [2002] FCAFC 127 at [75]
[151] Worrall v Commissioner for Housing for the Australian Capital Territory [2002] FCAFC 127 at [68], [76]
[152] Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2 at [73]
[153] ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 section 48
FAULDER
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Legislation cited: ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 ss 7, 48, 82
Residential Tenancies Act 1997 ss 8, 9, 10, 38, 71, 83 standard terms 3, 21-23A, 52, 54, 55, 57, 59
Cases cited: Applicant WAEE v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 184
Australian Postal Corporation v Hughes [2009] FCA 1057
Bangura & Fan [2013] ACAT 38
Brogan Prestige Properties v Strand & Black [2010] ACAT 60
But v Baldwin [2016] ACAT 9
Byrnes v Jokona Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 41
Constanzo Laria v Watson [2010] ACAT 79
Faulder v Tran [2018] ACAT 2
Irena Peters v Commissioner for Housing in the ACT [2006] ACTRTT 6
Lee v Guo [2017] ACAT 60
Manour v Dangar [2017] ACAT 49
May v Medanic [2011] NSWCTTT 17
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30
Saleem & Gizgeez v Abeygunaskara & Jeevanthan [2011] ACAT 9
Watson v Gaudion [2009] ACAT 15
Wolfe v Albekka [2011] ACAT 22
Worrall v Commissioner for Housing for the Australian Capital Territory [2002] FCAFC 127
(1997) 188 CLR 313