For our last Breakfast Briefing for the 2009-10 CPD calendar year we are doing Ethics as it was the most requested topic in the feedback we received. List members Richard Antill and Sam Ure present on Ethics, specifically covering. ... Read more...
Solicitors who act for the creditors in the issuing of a statutory demand should pay particular attention to this decision of Pagone J in which he affirmed the decision of Efthim AsJ that the solicitors who acted for the judgement creditor in the issue of a statutory demand pay the plaintiff’s (i.e. the alleged debtor’s) costs of the proceedings ,on an indemnity basis. ... Read more...
For those of you who practice in Property Law, Commercial Leasing, etc I would like to bring to your attention List member Robert Hay and his expertise in your area. As well as running many cases and advising in Property Law and Leasing matters, on his own and as a junior, Robert also co-authors with Mr Justice Croft of the Supreme Court Commercial Tenancy Law (3rd ed), The Mortgagee's Power of Sale (3rd ed), which will be published late next year, and Retail Leases Victoria, the only loose leaf service on Retail Leasing in Victoria ... Read more...
Greens List is pleased to announce that List member Dr Elizabeth Brophy has won the Harold Luntz Graduate Research Thesis Prize 2008. The prize is awarded annually to the University of Melbourne Law School graduate research student judged to have presented the best thesis in the previous year, provided that the nominee meets an overall level of excellence required for the award.. ... Read more...
While the global credit crisis continues to make headlines, the major banks have recently commenced marketing the availability of loans for self managed superannuation funds. This follows amendments to superannuation law which now permit regulated superannuation funds to borrow on a non-recourse basis to fund the purchase of assets allowed under superannuation law. Peter Pascoe, Barrister and Barry Woods of Professional Alliance Legal Services ... Read more...
In the Property Law Section of our library, you will find two papers recently delivered by barrister, Andrew Cameron, in relation to aged care and retirement villages. The two papers are: “Retirement Villages – Ownership Structures and Current Issues Facing Village Operators” - which identifies some of the common fee and acquisition structures utilised by retirement village ... Read more...
The Owners Corporation Act comes into force on 31/12/2007 making significant changes to what used to be known as Bodies Corporate. Mitch McKenzie's recent paper on Owners Corporation disputes is now in our website library and provides a clean, concise guide to The Act and how it is likely to impact upon practitioners ... Read more...
For everyone who practices in Property Law and Conveyancing, William Stark has written a very practical and useful paper on “Termination of Contracts of Sale of Land and obtaining appropriate relief for your client”. Among the many issues ... Read more...
