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Tenancy Tribunal case 5495354 — Rent arrears
Decided 19 May 2026 · Published 19 May 2026 · Application 5495354
- Rent arrears
Party names are redacted in the official published order. This page summarises the dispute only — not individual identities.
At a glance
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Adjudicator
G Barnett
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
- An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the tenant’s name and identifying details.
- The application is dismissed.
Reasons
- Ms McLean appeared for the landlord by video. The tenant did not join the video link. The matter has proceeded in their absence.
- On 24 April 2026, the landlord filed an application for termination of the tenancy for abandonment, rent arrears, and refund of the bond. Law
- The Tribunal may terminate the tenancy where the premises have been abandoned and the rent is in arrears. See section 61 Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (Act).
- A tenancy is abandoned where the tenant leaves the premises without reasonable excuse, not intending to return or to meet their obligations, and fails to notify the landlord. Analysis and decision
- The landlord believes that on or about 13 April 2026 the tenant may have left the property without notice in breach of their obligations under the agreement.
- The rent was not in arrears on 13 April 2026, but the landlord states that it is now in arrears.
- In cases of abandonment, the landlord will usually have conducted an inspection to confirm the status of the tenancy and provide the Tribunal with an inspection report, photographs of the interior and exterior of the property, along with any relevant evidence.
- The landlord has yet to visit the property to conduct an inspection and advises that they will do so over the next couple of days. Until this occurs, there is insufficient evidence to support the application for abandonment.
- The application is dismissed. Name suppression
- Section 95A of the Act provides that on the application of a party that has been wholly or substantially successful in proceedings, the Tribunal must order that their name or identifying particulars of that party not be published, unless the Tribunal considers that it is in the public interest to publish the names of the parties, or is justified because of the parties’ conduct, or any other circumstances of the case.
- The tenant has been wholly successful, and I order suppression of their name and identifying details.