“Jumping out” the Retail Leases Act – a clarification

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ROBERT HAY QC COMMERCIAL LAW BARRISTER

Today I posted an article about Verraty Pty Ltd v Richmond Football Club [2019] VCAT 1073.

I have had queries about paragraph (i) where I said:

“where the commencing rent under a new lease does not exceed $1,000,000 for the first 12 months,  before the lease is entered into the

High Court affirms traditional test for enforcing oral contracts based on acts of part performance

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ROBERT HAY QC COMMERCIAL LAW BARRISTER

The High Court has resisted an invitation to expand the grounds on which a party can enforce an oral contract for the sale of the land on the ground of part performance.

Legislation in each State and Territory requires that contracts for the sale of land meet certain formal requirements

Error in earlier post

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ROBERT HAY QC COMMERCIAL LAW BARRISTER

In the post of earlier today I referred to the Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendment Bill 1990; the reference should have been to the Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendment Bill 2018.