Contract Law
Is My Contract Legally Binding? A Victorian Law Guide
What makes a contract legally binding in Victoria? A guide to offer, consideration, promissory estoppel, misrepresentation and unconscionable conduct.
When Is a Deal Actually a Deal? Offer and Acceptance in Victoria
How does a contract actually form under Victorian law? Offer, acceptance, revocation and the postal rule, including Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.
Can You Enforce a Promise Without a Signed Contract?
Consideration and promissory estoppel under Victorian law, including Waltons Stores v Maher, Williams v Roffey Bros and Foakes v Beer.
When Words Create Liability: Misrepresentation and Misleading Conduct
Misrepresentation and misleading conduct under Victorian law and the Australian Consumer Law, including Derry v Peek and Demagogue v Ramensky.
When the Law Steps In: Unconscionable Conduct in Victoria
Unconscionable conduct in Victorian contract law: Commercial Bank of Australia v Amadio, Louth v Diprose and Garcia v NAB explained.
Property Law
Who Has the Right to Your Property?
A guide to the hierarchy of legal and equitable interests in Victorian property law, and the priority rules that decide who wins a competing claim.
What Is a Caveat on Property in Victoria?
What a caveat on Victorian property is, what makes an interest caveatable, and what happens to your position if you don't lodge one before a dispute arises.
Bona Fide Purchaser Without Notice in Victoria
How the bona fide purchaser rule and the doctrine of notice determine whether a prior equitable interest binds a Victorian property buyer.
Corporations & Trusts Law
Division 7A and Unpaid Present Entitlements: The Bendel Decision Explained
The High Court has ruled that unpaid present entitlements are not Division 7A loans. CMH Lawyers explains the Bendel decision and what it means for trusts.
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