The Age yesterday published an article here in which franchisees complain about receiving no payment or compensation at the end of a franchise agreement for the goodwill that they have established during the term of the franchise agreement. This is a common complaint by franchisees who feel that the franchisor who refuses to renew the franchise […]

The website thenewlawyer.com.au has today published an article titled ‘Lawyers call for national property laws‘. The article discusses a draft Uniform Torrens Title Act prepared by the renowned property law academic Professor Peter Butt. Any readers who are interested in the article can find a copy here.

For those who were interested in my previous post on this topic here, Robert Hay has just added another post to his blog that expands on the topic here. Robert’s post details a NSW Supreme Court decision in which it was found that a right of re-entry on account of the tenant being placed into […]

The High Court dismissed the application by the Liquidators for special leave to appeal in the FEA case on Friday. The applicants sought leave firstly on the question of whether the correct test had been applied by the Full Court of the Federal Court when deciding that there was no equitable set-off and secondly on […]

In the interesting recent decision of N R Reid & Co Pty Ltd v Pencarl Pty Ltd [2011] VCAT 2241, Judge O’Neill sitting as a Vice President of VCAT considered a case in which the landlord terminated the lease after the tenant’s guarantor was made bankrupt. The default and termination provisions of the lease took […]

Robert Hay just added the following post to his blog: Michael Redfern died last Thursday night. Many readers will know Michael either personally or as one of Australia’s leading property lawyers. Michael had been ill for a number of years. Michael was a fine lawyer, a gentlemen, a mentor to many, generous and kind.  Any person who knew Michael could not help but like […]