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

VCAT loses jurisdiction to hear a dispute where a party is not resident in Victoria

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ROBERT HAY QC COMMERCIAL LAW BARRISTER

Following last week’s High Court decision in Burns v Corbett [2018] HCA 15 the Victorian Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has lost its jurisdiction to hear and determine a dispute where one of the parties is resident of a State other than Victoria.

This will pose significant problems for VCAT particularly

‘Ultimate consumer test” remains one of the indicia of the retail provision of services

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ROBERT HAY QC COMMERCIAL LAW BARRISTER

The CB Cold Storage and IMCC Group saga has ended. This morning the High Court of Australia refused the landlord’s application for special leave to appeal. The consequence is that the Court of Appeal’s decision in IMCC Group (Australia) Pty Ltd v CB Cold Storage Pty Ltd [2017] VSCA 178