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Case Note: Characterising a ‘Place of Worship’ under a Planning Scheme
Posted on September 8, 2017
Characterising a ‘Place of Worship’ under a Planning Scheme Case Note RSSB Australia Pty Ltd v Ross [2017] VSC 314, Emerton J EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This case involved the characterisation of a proposal as a ‘place of worship’ through applying principles […]
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Case Note: Altering a Planning Permit through Secondary Consent
Posted on September 8, 2017
Altering a Planning Permit through Secondary Consent CASE NOTE Cook v Mornington Peninsula SC (Red Dot) [2017] VCAT 1129, Deputy President Dwyer EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Councils often give what is known as a ‘secondary consent’. This allows small changes to endorsed […]
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Another Year Teaching Mediation at Humboldt University
Posted on September 1, 2017
Report on another year teaching mediation at Humboldt University in Berlin: This year as a visiting lecturer In late July and early August I taught at the 19th International Summer School on Dispute Resolution – Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration. This is […]
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Case Note: Protection Works Notices
Posted on September 1, 2017
Protection Works Notices Case Note Colonial Range v CES-Queen (BAB4 – Protection Works) [2017] VSC 317 (5 June 2017), Digby J A recent Victorian Supreme Court judgement provides useful guidelines concerning the protection works notices required for many building projects. […]
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Interpreting reservations of Crown land
Posted on August 31, 2017
NewsFlash ~ Interpreting reservations of Crown land When the government reserves land for a public purpose through a Crown reservation,[1] the land is typically zoned with a public zone such as the Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ). Once […]
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Mediation and Negotiation in Victorian Planning and Environment Law
Posted on August 25, 2017
Reflections on Mediation in Victorian Planning and Environment Law Having just returned from my time as a faculty member of the International Summer School on Alternative Dispute Resolution [Run jointly by Tulane University (New Orleans, USA) & Humboldt University (Berlin, […]
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Real Estate Agents’ Exclusive Authorities
Posted on August 25, 2017
NewsFlash ~ Real Estate Agents’ Exclusive Authorities Engaging a Real Estate Agent in the sale of your property usually involves signing a standard form Exclusive Auction Authority or a Sole Agency Agreement. Agents often use the standard form produced by […]
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Surveying and the Law
Posted on August 15, 2017
Kellehers Australia’s recent work highlights the connections between the work of lawyers and surveyors. We value our links with the surveying profession, and our achievements show that these connections can be most useful to clients and fellow professionals. In 2016, […]
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Case Note: Real Estate Agent Exclusive Authorities and the Estate Agents Act
Posted on August 11, 2017
Case Note ~ Hamilton Finley Pty Ltd v Aojia Investment Pty Ltd [2017] VSC 319 (7 June 2017) Justice Elliott EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This case held that where a client of a real estate agent signs a standard form […]
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New Ideas for Significant Social Effect in Victoria
Posted on May 5, 2017
Hubert Algie is an environment and planning lawyer at Kellehers Australia. He was awarded the VPELA Young Professional of the Year Award in 2016 to advance his research into Significant Social Effect within the planning permit process and consider how […]
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