Recorded Webinar: 2019 Victorian Property Law Update

Our annual update for Victorian property lawyers features two sessions.

(1) Roundup of Recent Property Law Changes

2018 was a big year for Victorian property law and the changes keep on coming. This session will give you an overview of the key reforms over the last twelve months. It includes:

• Understanding Victoria’s new tenancy laws

• Owners Corporation reform and its effects

• Update on Owners Corporation (Short Stays) Act (2018)

• Ipso facto insolvency reforms – impact on property contracts entered into after 1st July 2018

• The new GST withholding regime

(2) Common Traps in Retail Leases

Retail leases can be fraught with litigation risk. This session examines where disputes commonly arise and how you can help protect your client’s position. It covers:

• What qualifies as a retail lease and when is it no longer one?

• Obligation to ‘make good’ on lease expiry – what does this mean in practical terms?

• Transfer and assignment of retail leases

• Premature termination of lease – liability and obligation