Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 3:

1. This is an internal appeal under s 80(2) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) against a decision made in the Consumer and Commercial Division of the Tribunal on 10 February 2025.

2. The application to the Tribunal was brought by the respondent, whom we shall refer to as the tenant, against the appellants, whom we shall refer to as the landlord.

3. For the reasons set out below, we have decided to allow the appeal.

Background

4. The tenant and the landlord had been good friends.

5. In March 2023, the tenant moved to a caravan on a property owned by the landlord. There was an arrangement between the ten...