The appeal in the Lifestyles matter (discussed here) was heard by the Court of Appeal today and the Court has reserved its decision, which is likely to be handed down in the next few weeks. I will let readers know as soon as I can after judgement as handed down.

The Court of Appeal (Niall CJ, Richards and Donoghue JJA) published Northcote Shopping Centre Pty Ltd v Aldi Foods Pty Ltd [2026] VSCA 140 this morning.  The case was an application to overturn Croft J’s decision, referred to in this blog post, where his Honour had held that it was permissible under s 35(2) of the Retail Leases Act […]

A number of readers have been asking about the appeal of the decision in the Wollert Lifestyle Community case, discussed here. The appeal is listed for a hearing in the Court of Appeal on 23 June 2026, following which the Court is likely to reserve for a few weeks before handing down its judgment.  I will […]

A reminder that our CPD session with Greens List is this Wednesday, 10 June 2026. If you haven’t done so already, you can register here. In the last post, we introduced the question of whether restricting the permitted use in a lease can prevent the Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic) from applying, and summarised two recent decisions addressing […]