Over the past year there have been some notable cases held at VCAT from the Building and Property List. These cases have wide reaching implications for landlords, agents and tenants...
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The Retail Leases Amendment Act 2020 (Vic) came into full effect on 1 October 2020. It creates significant change to the way retail premises are leased and managed. A summary of the…
Earlier this year we reported on a VCAT hearing wherein VCAT determined that a tenant was able to repudiate a lease based on the failure by the landlord to repair…
Retail Leases Update Supreme Court Determines: Retail leases cannot exit the Retail Leases Act during their term. You may have seen our article published last year here regarding the VCAT case of William…
The Retail Leases Amendment Bill 2019 is before the Victorian Parliament and should be passed in the coming months, with effect expected from October 1st 2020. It contains a number of amendments to…
We thought that you may be interested in a recent case at VCAT concerning a purported guarantor to a retail lease. The case of interest is DJM Group Pty Ltd…
We thought you may be interested in a recent case at VCAT, Chantelle Enterprises Aust Pty Ltd v Sangster-Greenwood (Building and Property) [2019] VCAT 961 (2 July 2019). The preliminary…
We thought you may be interested to know of a recent VCAT hearing which is of relevance to all commercial property landlords. In the recent case of Phillips v Abel…
We thought you may be interested to know of a recent VCAT hearing which is of relevance to all commercial property landlords with a Retail Lease. In April 2019, in…
Landlord’s Failure to Repair Air Conditioning allows Tenant to Terminate Lease We thought you may be interested to know of a recent VCAT hearing which is of relevance to all…
