In Gardencity Altona v Grech Lansdowne AJ refused an application to remove a covenant requiring the main walls of any dwelling or shop on the land to be of brick and/or stone
Once again, we’ve seen the importance of choosing an appropriately experienced town planner when applying to the Supreme Court for the modification of a restrictive covenant
Questions of public international law do not, alas, arise regularly in the daily legal practice of most Australian lawyers
Knight v Shuard [2015] VSC 36
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the principle in Re: Withers, that in restrictive covenant cases, defendants are ordinarily entitled to their standard costs
In Freilich v Wharton, Justice Bell appeared to close the door on applications to modify covenants. Associate Justice Derham has pushed back slightly in Wong v McConville & Ors
The Victorian Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal brought by MyEnvironment Inc, from a decision of Justice Osborn in the Supreme Court of Victoria