CROOK v CONSUMER, TRADER & TENANCY TRIBUNAL OF NSW & ANOR [2003] NSWCA 370

Reported Decision : 59 NSWLR 300

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : CROOK v CONSUMER, TRADER & TENANCY TRIBUNAL OF NSW & ANOR [2003] NSWCA 370 HEARING DATE(S) : 9 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 December 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Sheller JA at 2; Ipp JA at 42 DECISION : 1 Grant the claimant leave to appeal; 2 Appeal allowed; 3 Set aside the orders of Master Malpass of 29 October 2003 and in lieu thereof order; 1 Appeal allowed; 2 Set aside the order of the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal of New South Wales of 19 December 2002 terminating the claimant's residential tenancy agreement and in lieu thereof order that the second opponent's application for termination of the tenancy and vacant possession of the premises be dismissed; 4 The second opponent to pay the claimant's costs of the hearing before Master Malpass and of the application for leave to appeal and of the appeal to this Court.

CATCHWORDS : Residential Tenancies Act 1987 s68 - meaning of injury - whether recovery limited to recognisable psychiatric illness or extending to other forms of emotional disturbance LEGISLATION CITED : Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 Residential Tenancies Act 1987 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Mount Isa Mines Limited v Pusey (1970) 125 CLR 383 CASES CITED : Strahan v RTT SC (NSW) (unreported) November 1998 Tame v New South Wales (2002) 76 ALJR 1348 Thing v La Chusa (1989) 771 P 2d 814 Woodward v Koessler (1958) 1 WLR 1255 David Crook - Appellant/Claimant PARTIES : Consumer, Trader & Tenancy Tribunal of New South Wales - First Respondent/First Opponent NSW Department of Housing - Second Respondent/Second Opponent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40977/03 In person - Appellant/Claimant COUNSEL : Submitting appearance - First Respondent/First Opponent A Jungwirth - Second Respondent/Second Opponent SOLICITORS : I V Knight, Crown Solicitor - First Respondent/First Opponent M Callen - Second Respondent/Second Opponent