An appeal under s 67(1) of the CTTT Act requires identification of a specific decision by the Tribunal on a question of law that is erroneous; it is not a vehicle for alleging jurisdictional error. Since the District Court has no power to grant prerogative relief, practitioners must carefully analyse whether the complaint is about an erroneous decision on a matter of law (District Court appeal) or jurisdictional error (Supreme Court prerogative relief). A casual conversation in which a landlord promises a tenant can stay 'for as long as you live or wish to stay' does not, without more, create a new residential tenancy agreement for a fixed term, particularly where there is no consideration beyond the existing obligation to pay rent.
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