Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 · Updated to 2 Mar 2016 · Part VI · Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims
16U. Right to appear at hearings
Feedback & supportAt the hearing of a claim every party shall be entitled to attend and be heard.
No party shall be represented by an advocate and solicitor at a hearing unless in the opinion of the Tribunal the matter in question involves complex issues of law and one party will suffer severe financial hardship if he is not represented by an advocate and solicitor; but if one party is subsequently allowed to be represented by an advocate and solicitor then the other party shall also be so entitled.
Tribunal
“Tribunal” means the Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims established under section 16B. Powers of the Minister to determine housing accommodation
Subject to subsection (2) but notwithstanding section 37 of the
Legal Profession Act 1976 [Act 166]—
a corporation or an unincorporated body of persons may be represented by a full-time paid employee of the corporation or body;
a minor or any other person under a disability may be represented by his next friend or guardian ad litem.
Where a party is represented as permitted under subsection (3), the
Tribunal may impose such conditions as it considers necessary to ensure that the other party to the proceedings is not substantially disadvantaged.
Proceedings to be public