A new disclosure statement under the Retail Leases Regulations 2003 (Vic) came into operation on 1 January 2011. When a draft of the disclosure statement was first circulated, I made the following comments in a practice note: Attached is a link to a letter sent from Roger Arwas at DIIRD to the Shopping Centre Council […]
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Section 146 notices, relief against forfeiture and ss 601FS and 601FT of the Corporations Act
April 15, 2011
Justice Judd in the Victorian Supreme Court is currently reserved on an application by Primary RE Ltd seeking either to preserve leases that were granted to the responsible entity in some of the Great Southern managed investment schemes or for relief against forfeiture of those leases. Primary RE Ltd is a responsible entity that was […]
Rent payable “without deduction”
April 7, 2011
Hi all, welcome to the first post of my blog. I am a property and insolvency barrister at the Victorian Bar and I intend to use this site to provide comments on interesting developments in the law that I come across in practice. To start the ball rolling, I’ll tell you about a case I […]

April 18, 2011
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