Dowse v Butler; Butler v Dowse [2019] NSWCATCD 83

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Dowse v Butler; Butler v Dowse [2019] NSWCATCD 83 Hearing dates: 21 June 2019 Decision date: 07 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Division Before: P French, General Member Decision: In application no RT 19/12756 (the tenant's application): (1) Bradley Lewis is added as an applicant. (2) The application is dismissed. In application no RT 19/15219 (the landlord's application): (3) Bradley Lewis is added as a respondent. (4) The tenants, Toni Dowse and Bradley Lewis, must pay the landlord, Brendan Butler, the sum of $909.75 within 14 days of the date of these orders. (5) The application is otherwise dismissed. Catchwords: RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES – tenants' claim for compensation for loss of comfort and amenity – landlord's end of tenancy compensation claim Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Residential Tenancies Act 2010 Cases Cited: Abela v Walker [1997] NSW RT 15 Alamdo Holdings Pty Ltd v Australian Window Furnishings (NSW) P/L [2006] NSWCA 224 Bell & Bell v Boccola, Campbell & Lawrence (Residential Tenancies) [2009] ACAT 26 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336. Cooper v Westpac General Insurance Ltd [2007] ACTCA 20 Cure v Bridge Housing Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 80 Fitzpatrick v Wu unreported, NSWRT, 2001, 01/16425 Hadley v Baxendale [1854] 9 Ex 341 Hundt v Kong [2018] NSWCATAP 156 Jackson v NSW Land and Housing Corporation [2014] NSWCATAP 22 Lindsay v NSW Land and Housing Corporation [2016] NSWCATAP 128 Marcourt v Clark [2012] NSWCA 367 Miller v Minister for Pensions [1947] 2 All ER 372 O'Brien v Twynam [2016] NSWCATAP 125 Roberts v NSW Aboriginal Housing Office [2017] NSWCATAP 9 Sherson & Associates Pty Ltd v Bailey [2000] NSWCA 275 Sunray Investments P/l v Cruwys [1992] NSWRT 95 TC Industrial Plant Pty Ltd v Robert's Queensland Pty Ltd (1963) 180 CLR 130 Westpac General Insurance v Cooper [2006] ACTSC 91 Yang v NSW Land and Housing Corporation [2016] NSWCATAD 37 Texts Cited: Australian Taxation Office, Rental Properties 2019 NAT 1729-06-2019 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Toni Dowse and Bradley Lewis (tenants) Brendan Butler (landlord) Representation: Toni Dowse (in person for tenants) Brendan Butler (in person) File Number(s): RT 19/15219 and RT 19/12756 Publication restriction: Nil