Tribunal case study

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Personal properties vs chattels

In an $11,476.87 order made against the tenant, Kieran Jie-Wei Cheng, that in part, penalised him for damaging the premises, the Tribunal clearly articulates the limits of its jurisdiction. In short, personal properties belonging to the landlord do not enjoy the same s49B protection against tenant damages as rental chattels otherwise would.   RE: Newman v Lalor and other parties [20... read more
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Monday, January 11, 2021

Landlord held not liable for co-tenants' pets

Re: Whether a landlord is liable for breaching the quiet enjoyment of one tenant for failing to enforce the terms of the tenancy agreement against a co-tenant Zama v Feng [2020] NZTT Wellington 4276448 This is a strange one. Bear with us. Alessandro Zama took his landlord to the Tribunal alleging a number of breaches. On the face of it, many if not most certainly look vexatious to us (in... read more
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Hard for you but su*ks for me

  An example of how the Tenancy Tribunal weighs up a landlord’s and a tenant’s respective hardship in determining the merits of an application for early termination (of a fixed-term tenancy)   RE: Ayaz v Rentex Ltd [2020] NZTT North Shore 4278514   Facts The tenant and his family moved to New Zealand in May 2020 and took out a one-year fixed-term tenancy fro... read more
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Monday, December 14, 2020

Cause and consequence are two different things

Landlords seeking compensation for damages caused by tenants should take care to prove the cause, not just the consequences, of the damage as VNG RENTALS LIMITED vs Xu [2020] NZTT Auckland 4269426 demonstrates.   Facts On or about 2 May 2020, the bathroom of the apartment flooded. Water leaked into the adjoining apartment resulting in an approx $4.5K damage. In an email to... read more
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Reasonable compensation for early termination

Concerning Hood, Angela Julie vs First National Marlborough Limited  [2019] NZTT Blenheim 4180394   The issue What can a landlord reasonably recover from a tenant for terminating a fixed-term tenancy early?    The facts - The fixed-term tenancy between the two parties was reduced and terminated early at an earlier hearing by an interim order (presumably under s66(... read more
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Tuesday, April 02, 2019

Osaki protection not afforded to Airbnb tenants

Concerning Tobin, Jackie vs CHEN, JIANQING [2019] NZTT Auckland 4172141 The issue Whether tenants are afforded the Osaki protection for damages caused by Airbnb sub-tenants?  The facts - Mr Chen rented two apartments from Ms Tobin for a period of time until 21 October 2018.  - Mr Chen had never occupied either property and instead, on-leased both as Airbnb rentals with the... read more
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