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Tenancy Tribunal case 4922693 — Tenancy dispute

Decided 1 Aug 2024 · Published 1 Aug 2024 · Application 4922693

Party names are redacted in the official published order. This page summarises the dispute only — not individual identities.

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At a glance

Key facts from the published tribunal order.

Location

New Zealand

Tribunal region

Adjudicator

S Young

Claims & awards

What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.

No individual claim amounts were reconciled for this order. View the official Ministry of Justice PDF for full detail.

Tenantcheck Insights · Case study

Tenancy Tribunal case 4922693 — Tenancy dispute

Decided 1 Aug 2024 · Published 1 Aug 2024 · Application 4922693

Party names are redacted in the official published order. This page summarises the dispute only — not individual identities.

View official order on MoJ →Explore similar cases

At a glance

Key facts from the published tribunal order.

Location

New Zealand

Tribunal region

Adjudicator

S Young

Claims & awards

What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.

No individual claim amounts were reconciled for this order. View the official Ministry of Justice PDF for full detail.

Order

The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear the application.
The application is dismissed.

Reasons

The owner attended the hearing. The owner had been advised of the Tribunals concerns about jurisdiction prior to the hearing.
The owner purchased the premises at mortgagee sale earlier this year. That sale settled. The previous owner of the premises did not move out after settlement had been completed.
The owner sought a possession order from the Tribunal on the basis that the occupants were squatters (see.s.65 Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (RTA”).
The Tribunal has power to consider disputes between landlords and tenants. That power is extended to granting possession order in regard to squatters.
Squatters by definition are not tenants and often have never entered into a tenancy agreement with the owner.
In this matter, at the time when the application was filed with the Tribunal, the occupants were still residing at the premises.
The occupants have since that date left the premises. They are no longer squatters. The occupants were never tenants. There was no tenancy agreement between the owner and the occupants. As a result, the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear either the possession claim or the claim for costs by the owner. The application is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The owner may pursue the matter in another jurisdiction, should they so wish.
I make no order with regards to the filing fee.
In light of the background facts to this matter described above, all parties names and details be suppressed. There is no public interest in the matter.

Topics & place

Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).

NO ADDRESS

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 4922693 about?

The tribunal order states: The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear the application.

How much money was awarded in case 4922693?

Verified claim lines are listed on this page.

What type of tenancy dispute was case 4922693?

The dispute type was not classified.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 4922693?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/10657320-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.