Hanna v Wei [2022] NSWCATAP 168

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hanna v Wei [2022] NSWCATAP 168 Hearing dates: 2 May 2022 Date of orders: 20 May 2022 Decision date: 20 May 2022 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: A Suthers, Principal Member C Fougere, Principal Member Decision: (1) Leave to appeal is refused. (2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: APPEAL – Residential tenancy – need for Tribunal to engage with the case of each party – relevance of transcript of hearing at first instance to that assessment Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bale v Mills [2011] NSWCA 226 Beale v Government Insurance Office of New South Wales (1997) 48 NSWLR 430 Carr v Finance Corporation of Australia Ltd (No 1) [1981] HCA 20 Eastman v Director of Public Prosecutions (ACT) [2003] HCA 28 Gibson v Drumm [2016] NSWCA 206 Mifsud v Campbell (1991) 21 NSWLR 725 Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6; (1996) 185 CLR 259 Ohlstein v E & T Lloyd [2006] NSWCA 226 Ryan v BKB Motor Vehicle Repairs Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAP 39 Salmon v Osmond [2015] NSWCA 42 Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services v Smith [2017] NSWCA 206 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Limited (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Sze Tu v Lowe [2014] NSWCA 462 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Fayez Hanna (Appellant) Anne Hanna (Appellant) Yanchong Wei (Respondent) Minghui Zhou (Respondent) Representation: Appellants (Self-represented) Respondents (M Flanagan, agent) File Number(s): 2022/53099 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Division Citation: N/A Date of Decision: 9 February 2022 Before: J Levingston File Number(s): RT 21/45721