Dunedin landlord Vic Inglis has successfully appealed a Tenancy Tribunal decision which left him $10,000 out of pocket. Photo: ODTA ruling which left a Dunedin landlord $10,000 out of pocket over a legal technicality has been overturned. Dunedin District Court Judge Kevin Phillips said in a ruling the Tenancy Tribunal was wrong to say the tenancy was "unlawful". The lack of consent was instead "no more than a technical breach" and Ms Parry "could not argue she had suffered detriment" as a result. "The overall situation therefore, is that the premises were deficient only in regard to a formal certification."

Source: Otago Daily Times November 20, 2017 22:41 UTC