Shapkin v The University of Sydney

• 1. Leases and Tenancies
  2. › Residential tenancies
  3. › Agreements excluded from operation of Act
  4. › Boarding and lodging
  5. › Whether student accommodation agreement was agreement under which person lodges with another person
  6. › Whether landlord must maintain physical presence
  7. › Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW), s 8(1)(c)
• 1. Leases and Tenancies
  2. › Residential tenancies
  3. › Exemptions from operation of Act
  4. › Residential colleges and halls of residence
  5. › Meaning of 'hall of residence'
  6. › Whether three-bedroom terrace house used for student accommodation is a 'hall of residence'
  7. › Whether 'owned by the institution' requires premises to be within boundaries of university
  8. › Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019 (NSW), cl 31
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Application for leave to appeal
  3. › Principles governing grant of leave
  4. › Whether issue of principle, question of public importance or reasonably clear injustice identified
  5. › Whether proposed ground of appeal would affect outcome where independent basis for decision not challenged successfully

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