Leaders Real Estate agent Luke Domb is pleased the High Court has ruled in his favour.

Real estate agents will no longer be put subject to full police vetting checks, after the High Court ruled it unnecessary.

Luke Domb, who is a licensed agent working for Leaders Real Estate, won his case in the High Court challenging the Real Estate Agents Authority's (REAA) police vetting process, which helps determine whether a person is "fit and proper" for the industry.

Domb believes all real estate agents should only be subject to a criminal history check, not a police vetting check and Justice David Collins ruled in his favour.

Collins' decision ruled that the authority went too far in forcing real estate agents to consent to police vetting check when seeking admission to the industry and yearly renewals of licences.

According to Domb's lawyer, Al O'Connor, police vetting was far more invasive than a criminal history check.

It included conviction history, infringement notices, demerit points, warrants for arrest, any information obtained or received by police and any interaction with police. It could also include family violence call outs and cases where the person has been discharged without conviction.

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In the decision, Collins said the authority could seek disclosure of criminal history which included convictions, current investigations and discharges without conviction.

He has several concerns about the police vetting document. Police have the authority to determine what information may or may not be relevant, some of the information that may be released is beyond the scope of the person's criminal history and some information may "never be relevant" to the person's fitness and property to hold a licence.

O'Connor said Domb was pleased with the decision.

"There must be limits on the power of public agencies and regulatory bodies to seek, use and retain personal and private information."

Domb initially came across the issue in 2013 when he refused to sign a waiver allowing the authority to conduct a police vetting check.

However, after realising he would not be given a licence without the check, he agreed to it.

O'Connor said the court had "performed a very important constitutional function" in reviewing the use of power by a government agency.

Domb said the function of determining whether an agent was a fit and proper person had not been affected by the decision, O'Connor said.

"The REAA's power of enquiry has been defined as no greater than other important regulatory bodies, such as the New Zealand Law Society."

Collins is now calling for submissions on the exact wording for the final decision.

As a result, the authority's chief executive Kevin Lampen-Smith said it was too early to comment on the decision.