The Court held that NTCAT's finding that a $20,000 debt owed between trust entities had been taken into account in Federal Circuit and Family Court property settlement proceedings was a finding of fact, not a question of law, and therefore not amenable to appeal under s 141 of the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 (NT). The Court confirmed that even if the factual finding were wrong, it would not amount to an error of law. The Court also observed, without deciding, that NTCAT's references to unjust enrichment, abuse of process and measurable loss may have involved questions of law but were not determinative of the outcome.
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