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Meaning of Retail Premises

  • Device to avoid Retail Leases Act not effective

    Parties to long term leases sometimes attempt to avoid the application of the Retail Leases Act 2003 by purporting to invoke the Ministerial Determination of 24 August 2004 made under s.5(1) of the Act. The Act applies to a “retail premises lease” (s.11(1)) which is not a defined expression. However, the expression “retail premises” are defined in

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  • “Retail premises leases” cannot jump out of the Retail Leases Act 2003

    The Supreme Court of Victoria has ruled that a lease that is a “retail premises lease” (within the meaning of s.11 of the Retail Leases Act 2003) when it is entered into cannot cease to be such a lease during its term. In Richmond Football Club v Verraty [2019] VSC 597. Croft J upheld an

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

    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 stands and practitioners can draft

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  • Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic) likely to apply where tenant provides a service

    Where a tenant provides services from leased premises in accordance with the permitted use the lease is likely to be a “retail premises lease” and therefore governed by the Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic). In every case it is necessary to identify precisely the service being provided, consider what activity is permitted under the lease

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  • Media Presentation By Robert Hay

    Re-entry and Relief from Forfeiture in Commercial Leases  Robert Hay  – Greens List   My  clerk can be contacted via this link http://www.greenslist.com.au/       https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnZ52SbIPsHnEz74tK8ikRg

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