Litigation & Dispute Resolution| 09 Aug 2022
We examine the recent Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision of Eastcombe v Fagersta Steels, and its implications for businesses and landlords.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution| 07 Apr 2021
If a sub-lease is a retail premises lease, does that mean the head-lease is also a retail premises lease? We consider this question in light of a recent case heard by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution| 10 Dec 2020
In a second win for the Richmond Football Club this year, the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal in Verraty Pty Ltd v Richmond Football Club Ltd [2020] VSCA 267 has emphatically upheld Justice Croft’s earlier decision in Richmond Football Club Ltd ...
Property & Projects| 30 Jul 2019
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has recently handed down the decision of Phillips v Abel [2019] VCAT 1031 which continues the trend of pushing the boundary of what had traditionally been considered ‘retail premises’ for the purposes of the Retail Leases ...
Property & Projects| 21 Mar 2017
The recent decision by the Supreme Court of Victoria in CB Cold Storage Pty Ltd v IMCC Group (Australia) Pty Ltd [2017] VSC 23 endorses a wider interpretation of what is considered a ‘retail premise’ for the purposes of the Retail Leases ...