Unfortunately the CTTT can do what they want , i have personal experience at this –
a few years ago i had a landlord that thought he could do what ever he liked and we had no say in it , cut a long story short , we took him to the CTTT to enforce our rights as tenants , ie leave us alone to live in peace
i had video recording of what he was doing and what he was saying , i could not use these as evidence , however he told the sitting member that i stole a vehicle – i asked for proof and to please have the police present to arrest me , the member then turned to my ex landlord and stated that he should have made a counter application to have us removed as PESTS as it would have been easier for the member to rule on that , WTF!!! i had a go at him and it didnt turn out so well lol ,
my point being that the sitting member did 2 very illegal and very discriminatory actions – which i got reversed on appeal ( very hard to get an appeal but the guys in Tamworth took one look and approved my appeal ( the wording was ” it appears the decision made was unfair and not legal” not exact wording but same meaning )
the first thing he did wrong was to tell the landlord how to evict us and the second was for taking into account a criminal action that had no basis nor facts around it , like i said i encouraged them to call the police and they refused – who in their right mind would refuse that lol
My Ex landlord made up the car story and was believed without any proof offered !
the member actually stated to me “why would my landlord lie” ( that is word for word ) – now how can any professional ask that question , im not qualified to answer that !
The sitting member displayed extreme bias for the landlord ( cant prove it but to this day i think they were friends )