My friend, colleague and fellow blogger Robert Hay QC recently wrote a post here about the Supreme Court decision in Richmond Football Club Ltd v Verraty Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 597. The decision is significant for a number of reasons. First, the decision is the last decision about retail leasing from his Honour Justice Croft, […]

Following recent uncertainty about the application of the Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic), the Minster for Small Business today published a determination under s 5(1)(e) and 4(2)(h) of the RLA 2003 that exempts farm leases from the operation of the RLA 2003, effective from 29 October 2019. A copy of the determination is available here. Again, […]

A new Retail Leases Amendment Bill 2019 (Vic) was tabled before Victorian Parliament yesterday and had its second reading today. A copy of the Bill is available here: RLA Bill 2019. The Bill is not a wholesale review of the Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic).  The purpose of the Bill is to (see clause 1): (a) to […]