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Mills Oakley | Australia | 10 Dec 2020
Ms Abha Kumar was a registered nurse and Nurse Unit Manager at a residential aged care facility in East Melbourne. On 3 July 2015 Mr Lionel Cox, aged…
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Mills Oakley | Australia | 9 Apr 2020
COVID-19, otherwise known as Coronavirus, is undoubtedly the most talked-about topic in the world right now and the impacts that the pandemic is…
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Macpherson Kelley | Australia | 7 Jan 2020
Time limitations for property owners in Victoria suing for defective building work can vary depending on whether a certificate of occupancy or a…
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Maddocks | Australia | 12 Dec 2019
Since the issue of VCAT’s advisory opinion in May 2015 (Opinion), the retail leasing sector has been grappling with uncertainty about a landlord’s…
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Holding Redlich | Australia | 10 Dec 2019
A recent decision of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has clarified the legal position in Victoria with respect to a landlord’s…
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Russell Kennedy | Australia | 26 Nov 2019
The Supreme Court of Victoria (Supreme Court) in Richmond Football Club Ltd v Verraty Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 597 overturned an earlier decision of the…
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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Australia | 14 Nov 2019
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has provided insights into relevant considerations for proposed solar farms in three recent…
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Clayton Utz | Australia | 31 Oct 2019
A builder's entitlement to recover on a quantum meruit basis (essentially, "amount deserved") following acceptance of an owner's repudiation of a…
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Australia | 18 Oct 2019
The High Court’s recent decision in Mann v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 32 (Mann v Paterson) has brought clarity to an area that has…
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP | Australia, Belize, Canada, etc. | 11 Oct 2019
A decision of the Hight Court of Australia earlier this week has held that restitutionary claims on a quantum meruit (i.e. Reasonable price) basis by…