High Court dismisses three appeals by lay litigants against determinations of the Tenancies Tribunal of the Residential Tenancies Board, on the grounds that the tribunal did not show bias or depart from principles of natural or constitutional justice, and all three appeals were without merit.
Proceedings concern a trio of appeals brought pursuant to s.123 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, as amended, against a determination of a Tenancy Tribunal: (A) on 12th February, 2016 (which appears to be the determination order to which the notice of motion makes reference when it refers to a determination issued on 19th February, 2016) (‘Appeal A’); (B) on 22nd April, 2016 (which appears to be the determination order to which the notice of motion makes reference when it refers to a notice of motion communicated on 25th April, 2016) (‘Appeal B’); and (C) on 21st June, 2016 (‘Appeal C’) - appellants ought to have joined the landlords to the within appeals as the landlords interests are directly affected by same - appellants entered into tenancy agreement with the landlords in August 2009 - in September 2014 the appellants submitted an application for a dispute resolution contesting the validity of a rent increase - in appeal A, the respondent did not depart from any principle of natural or constitutional justice - in November 2015 the appellants submitted an application for dispute resolution services in the context of a rent arrears and over holding dispute - the appellants did not attend the adjudication held later that month - appeal B found to be unbiased - in February 2016 the appellants submitted a third application for dispute resolution and did not attend that hearing - Appeal C found to have failed.