Akhtar v Chowdhury [2019] NSWCATAP 243

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Akhtar v Chowdhury [2019] NSWCATAP 243 Hearing dates: 11 February 2019 Date of orders: 02 October 2019 Decision date: 02 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: K Rosser, Principal Member J Wakefield, Senior Member Decision: The Appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: APPEAL – internal appeal - jurisdiction of Tribunal – liability of tenant to pay compensation for damage exceeding fair wear and tear on vacation of premises – error of law – whether findings made in the absence of evidence – whether wrong test applied on liability – whether failure to give adequate reasons – whether to deal with the internal appeal by way of new hearing pursuant to s 80(3) of the Civil & Administrative Tribunal Act – whether to substitute decision of Appeal Panel pursuant to s 81(1)(d) of the Civil & Administrative Tribunal Act – no error of law established Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Residential Tenancies Act 2010 Cases Cited: Attorney General for New South Wales v Gatsby [2018] NSWCA 254 Burns v Corbett; Burns v Gaynor; Attorney General for New South Wales v Burns; Attorney General for New South Wales v Burns; New South Wales v Burns [2018] HCA 15 Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Cominos v Di Rico [2016] NSWCATAP 5 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v Barrett [2015] NSWCATAP 68 Hernady v Raccani [2016] NSWCATAP 67 Johnson v Dibbins; Gatsby vs Gatsby [2018] NSWCATAP 45 Keith v Gal [2013] NSWCA 339 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS [2010] HCA 16; (2010) 240 CLR 611 Moussa Enterprises Pty Ltd v Stanford [2015] NSWCATAP 99 New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation v Orr [2019] NSWCA 231 O'Brien v Twyman [2016] NSWCATAP 125 Patricia Panico v Carolyn Crompton and Rodney Jennings [2015] NSWCATAP 110 Pollard v RRR Corporation Pty Limited [2009] NSWCA 110 Prendergast v Western Murray Irrigation Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 69 Resource Pacific Pty Ltd v Wilkinson [2013] NSWCA 33 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Limited (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Stephanis v Oneview Construction Pty Limited [2019] NSWCATAP 218 Wainohu v New South Wales (2011) 243 CLR 181 Zahed v IGA Limited t/as NRMA Insurance [2016] NSWCA 55 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Chaudhary Muhammad Akhtar (Applicant) Ruksana Akhter Jahan Chowdhury (First Respondent) Mohammad Alamgir Kabir Chowdhury (Second Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Appellant (Self Represented) S Akter (Agent) (Respondents) File Number(s): AP 17/43644 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Division Citation: N/A Date of Decision: 22 September 2017 Before: R Bailey, Senior Member File Number(s): RT 17/31231