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Debtors often dispose of property to avoid paying creditors. Section 172 of the Property Law Act 1958 (Vic) provides creditors with a powerful weapon to defeat them. In Grapple Pay Pty Ltd v Conroy [2025] NSWCA 171 the New South Wales Court of Appeal added a gloss to the principles governing the New South Wales…
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The Court of Appeal recently considered a claim that a right to apply for an order to have a decision of a public body set aside on public law grounds, in and of itself, could constitute an in personam right for the purposes of the Transfer of Land Act 1958’s indefeasibility provisions. In MAPA Pearls Pty Ltd v…
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The Victorian Court of Appeal has confirmed that a ‘retail premises lease’ cannot cease to be such a lease during its term. In Verraty v Richmond Football Club [2020] VSCA 267 the Court of Appeal upheld Croft ‘s decision in Richmond Football Club v Verraty [2019] VSC 597. I will shortly publish another post about…