Australia, July 2 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement:
1. This is an appeal by Mr Michael Udy (the Appellant) against orders made by the Tribunal (the Tribunal below) concerning the termination of a fixed term residential tenancy agreement between the Appellant and Mr Graham Barton (the Respondent).
2. The Respondent did not appear at the hearing for this appeal. It is true that an Appeal Panel must afford a party to proceedings before it with a reasonable opportunity to be heard and a failure to do so would be a denial of procedural fairness (or natural justice): Re Refugee Tribunal; ex parte Aala (2000) 204 CLR 82; [2000] HCA 57 (Re Refugee Tribunal) at [100]; Civil and Administrative Tri...