Are there any recent cases about Section 9AC of the Sale of Land Act and material changes to plans of subdivision before registration?

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The property market for the sale of apartments in Victoria, Australia has become more challenging recently. 

Lockdowns and other restrictions resulting from COVID-19 such as density limits and mask wearing combined with absent foreign buyers, as well as general concern about the viability of some projects, caused banks to impose limits on

Are there any recent cases about a mortgagee's duty of good faith in selling secured property in pandemic times?

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The Supreme Court of Queensland (Holmes CJ) has recently considered the duty of a mortgagee in selling a secured property in uncertain economic times (ie during a pandemic). In HSBC Bank Australia Ltd v Wang & Ors [2021] QSC 58, the Court considered an application to remove a caveat lodged by

Can I enforce an unregistered restrictive covenant?

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In Paragreen v Lim Group Holdings P/L [2020] VSCA 84, the Court of Appeal (Tate, Kaye and Niall JJA) examined whether the respondent could enforce an unregistered restrictive covenant over a laneway against registered proprietors of land which included part of the laneway. 

Background facts

The applicants were the registered proprietors of a property in

The Sale of Land Amendment Act 2019 has been passed by the Victorian Parliament

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Further to my post about this issue on 16 April 2019 (see: https://melbournepropertylaw.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-sale-of-land-amendment-bill-has.html), the Sale of Land Amendment Bill 2019 was passed by the Victorian Parliament on 28 May 2019 and it received Royal Assent on 4 June 2019.
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