Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Reminder: Phase out of Plan Acceptance counter services

Property and Environmental Law Section 02 Oct 2019

Land Registry Services is phasing out its face-to-face 'over the counter' lodgment service for plans under the Subdivision Act 1988 and survey-based transactions...

Conveyancing Real Property

LIV Contract of sale: Moving to transaction-based use

Mark Kurtze 01 Oct 2019

The LIV/REIV Contract of Sale of Land has been redesigned for full online delivery...

Conveyancing Real Property

LIV Contract of sale updated

David P Lloyd, Murray McCutcheon AM and Robert Bradley 01 Oct 2019

The 2019 edition of the LIV/REIV Contract of sale of land varies in many important respects from the Contract of Sale of Real Estate previously in use...

Conveyancing Real Property

Property: Retail lease outgoings

Russell Cocks 01 Oct 2019

The September LIJ column relating to retrospective rent review considered the case of Phillips v Abel [2019] VCAT 1031. The case is of sufficient importance to bear closer examination...

Environment Real Property

GST at settlement - update to forms

Property and Environmental Law Section 17 Sep 2019

The ATO has updated its GST at settlement forms...

ATO Real Property

Submission on swimming pool and spa safety standards

Property and Environmental Law Section 17 Sep 2019

The LIV has prepared a submission on the proposed Building Amendment (Swimming Pool and Spa) Regulations 2019...

Real Property

Property: Retrospective rent review

Russell Cocks 01 Sep 2019

Leases generally specify a method of rent review, often on an annual basis. How time sensitive are such reviews?...

Real Property

Property and Environmental Law Section Newsletter

Property and Environmental Law Section 31 Aug 2019

The August edition of the Property and Environmental Law Section Newsletter is now available...

Environment Real Property

PEXA Update

Property and Environmental Law Committee 20 Aug 2019

LIV members are advised that PEXA has recently implemented a number of initiatives to address unsupported software and the appropriate use of the PEXA Source Account.

Conveyancing Real Property

Adverse possession: Get off my land

Phillip Leaman 01 Aug 2019

The case of Laming v Jennings is now the leading authority on how to successfully defend a claim for adverse possession. The case also puts into question the extent that easements by lost modern grant can exist in a Torrens system...

Real Property

Supreme Court judgments

Professor Greg Reinhardt AM 01 Aug 2019

Toma v Olcorn [2019] VSCA 116 (unreported, 29 May 2019, No S APCI 2018 0090, Whelan and McLeish JJA...

Judgment Real Property

Property: Nominating a substitute purchaser

Russell Cocks 01 Aug 2019

It is common for a named purchaser under a contract of sale of land to nominate an additional or substitute purchaser. What if disputes arise between the parties to the nomination?...

Real Property

Supreme Court judgments

Professor Greg Reinhardt 01 Jul 2019

Burness and Jess (in their capacity as trustees of the bankrupt estate of Love) v Hill [2019 VSCA 94 (unreported, 1 May 2019, S APCI 2018 0043, Kaye, McLeish and Hargrave JJA)...

Judgment Real Property