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Higgins Nine Group Pty Ltd v Ladro Greville St Pty Ltd

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AGLC: Higgins Nine Group Pty Ltd v Ladro Greville St Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 244
Case: [2016] VSC 244
Decision Date: 19 May 2016

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Higgins Nine Group Pty Ltd v Ladro Greville St Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 244

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…. It is these realities to which a [decision-maker] must respond in its reasons’.[16] [15] Higgins Nine Group Pty Ltd v Ladro Greville St Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 244 [10] citing Roncevich v Repatriation Commission (2005) 222 CLR 115, 136 [64]; Vegas Nominees Pty Ltd v Werribee Sports & Community Club Inc (Unreported,…
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…d avoid an “overly pernickety” or “over-legalistic” examination of the reasons.[4] [4] Higgins Nine Group Pty Ltd v Ladro Greville St Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 244, [10] citing also Roncevich v Repatriation Commission (2005) 222 CLR 115, 136 [64]; Vegas Nominees Pty Ltd v Werribee Sports & Community Club Inc (Unreported…
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Osland v Secretary to the Department of Justice [2010] HCA 24
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…tter of, the appeal.[49] Ladro contends that the Plaintiff has not identified a question of law. [49] Osland v Secretary, Department of Justice (Vic) (2010) 241 CLR 320.…
Perri v Exego Pty Limited [2009] NSWADT 170
Citation 7 (Para 1)

…ll concerned s 19(1)(e) of the Retail Leases Act 1994 (NSW) which is in similar terms to s 37(6)(b) and (c). See also Perri v Exego Pty Limited [2009] NSWADT 170, [53]–[56]). See also Anthony v Coffee Club Properties Pty Ltd [2000] QSC 198, which concerned s 31(1)(c) and (d) of the Retail Shop Leases Act 1994 (Qld)…
SZLZS v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2008] FCA 1690
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…4] Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Guo (1997) 191 CLR 559 at 575 and 597. Cf Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 at 348 [74].…
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…[40] Icon Property Pty Ltd v Wood [2008] VSCA 123.…
Price Street Professional Centre Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2007] FCAFC 154
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…(1990) 170 CLR 321, 356; Noel Johnson’s No. 1 Pty Ltd v Kennedy-Bush (unreported, Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal, 20 June 1996). [51] Price Street Professional Centre Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (2007)67 ATR 544 at 553 [24]. [52] Lucas v Transport Accident Commission [2003] VSC 97, [10]. [53] Da Costa v R (1968) 118 CLR 186 and Kalokerinos v HIA Insuran…
Adwell Holdings Pty Ltd v Bourne [2007] NSWSC 730
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…[39]. See also Tattersall’s Sweeps Pty Ltd v Veetemp Pty Ltd [2006] VSC 140 (an appeal was allowed: Tattersall’s Sweeps Pty Ltd v Veetemp Pty Ltd [2006] VSCA 276); National Builders Group Pty Ltd v Vigilante (2007) 27 VAR 397; m3 Property (Vic) Pty Ltd v Whitehorse Towers Pty Ltd [2012] VSC 109, [22].…
Whitehorse City Council v Golden Ridge Investments Pty Ltd [2005] VSCA 198
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…ERA 21 at 26 [15] citing Spurling v Development Underwriting (Vic) Pty Ltd [1973] VR 1 and Whitehorse City Council v Golden Ridge Investments Pty Ltd [2005] VSCA 198.…
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Citation 35 (Para 1)

…is in similar terms to s 37(6)(b) and (c). See also Kumari v Gao [2008] RSLT 19, 8; Silver Jewellery Shop & Piercing Planet v Telado Pty Ltd [2013] QCAT 561, [18]; Brisbane Comedy Pty Ltd v Malisano [2015] QCAT 340, [41].…
Janssen-Cilag Pty Ltd v Pfizer Pty Ltd [1992] FCA 649
Citation 36 (Para 1)

…were it relevant, would raise a mixed question of law and fact. [47]See above [14]. [48](1985) 1 NSWLR 314. See also Higgins Nine Group Pty Ltd v Ladro Greville St Pty Ltd (Building and Property) [2015] VCAT 1687, [5].…
Epping Hotels Pty Ltd v Serene Hotels Pty Ltd [2015] VSC 104
Citation 37

…[96]See Serene Hotels Pty Ltd v Epping Hotels Pty Ltd [2015] VSCA 228. See also [2015] VSC 104.…
m3 Property (Vic) Pty Ltd v Whitehorse Towers Pty Ltd [2012] VSC 109
Citation 38

…mp Pty Ltd [2006] VSCA 276); National Builders Group Pty Ltd v Vigilante (2007) 27 VAR 397; m3 Property (Vic) Pty Ltd v Whitehorse Towers Pty Ltd [2012] VSC 109, [22].…
JSM Management Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2011] VSC 339
Citation 39

…d v MCM Chemical Handling Pty Ltd (2006) 14 ANZ Insurance Case 61-697; [2006] VSC 95. See also JSM Management Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2011] VSC 339.…
Commissioner of State Revenue v Frost [2011] VSC 232
Citation 40

…[4] Commissioner of State Revenue v Frost (2011) 83 ATR 832 at 834 [5] citing Department of Premier and Cabinet v Hulls [1999] 3 VR 331 at 335–6 [11] and Myers v Medical Practitioners Board (Vic) (2007) 18 VR 48 at 55 [28].…
Director of Liquor Licensing v Kordister Pty Ltd [2011] VSC 207
Citation 41 (Para 1)

…lle Street Pty Ltd (Building and Property) [2015] VCAT 1687, [19] (which is set out above). [71] Director of Liquor Licensing v Kordister Pty Ltd [2011] VSC 207, [248] (an appeal was allowed in part but not on this point – see Kordister v Director of Liquor Licensing (2012) 39 VR 92; Karakatsanis v Racing Victori…
Commissioner of State Revenue v STIC Australia Pty Ltd [2010] VSC 608
Citation 42

…[7] Commissioner of State Revenue v STIC Australia Pty Ltd (2010) 81 ATR 682 at 687 [10].…
Commissioner of State Revenue v Challenger Property Nominees Pty Ltd [2006] VSC 203
Citation 43

…[12] Secretary to the Department of Premier and Cabinet v Hulls [1999] 3 VR 331 at 335–6 [11]; Commissioner of State Revenue v Challenger Property Nominees Pty Ltd (2006) 63 ATR 65 at 69 [20], 77 [65].…
Tattersall's Sweeps Pty Ltd v Veetemp Pty Ltd (formerly Moreka Pty Ltd) [2006] VSC 140
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QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd v MCM Chemical Handling Pty Ltd [2006] VSC 95
Citation 45

…[42] QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd v MCM Chemical Handling Pty Ltd (2006) 14 ANZ Insurance Case 61-697; [2006] VSC 95. See also JSM Management Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2011] VSC 339.…
The Gombac Group Pty Ltd v Vero Insurance Ltd [2005] VSC 442
Citation 46

…[19] The Gombac Group Pty Ltd v Vero Insurance Ltd [2005] VSC 442, [59].…
Boucher v Dandenong Ranges Steiner School Inc [2005] VSC 400
Citation 47 (Para 1)

…2; Karakatsanis v Racing Victoria Ltd (2013) 42 VR 176; Whitehorse City Council v Golden Ridge Investments Pty Ltd (20050 13 VR 275 at 279 [8]; Boucher v Dandenong Ranges Steiner School Inc (2005) 145 LGERA 21, 26 [15]; Roads Corporation v Dacakis [1995] 2 VR 508 at 520.…
Myers v Medical Practitioners Board [2004] VSC 532
Citation 48

…83 ATR 832 at 834 [5] citing Department of Premier and Cabinet v Hulls [1999] 3 VR 331 at 335–6 [11] and Myers v Medical Practitioners Board (Vic) (2007) 18 VR 48 at 55 [28].…
Bulasa Pty Ltd v Baytown Properties Pty Ltd [2003] VSC 248
Citation 49

…[39] Bulasa Pty Ltd v Baytown Properties Pty Ltd (2003) VSC 248 [39]. See also Tattersall’s Sweeps Pty Ltd v Veetemp Pty Ltd [2006] VSC 140 (an appeal was allowed: Tattersall’s Sweeps Pty Ltd v Veetemp Pty Ltd [2006] VSCA 276); National Builders Group Pty Ltd v Vigilante (2007) 27 VAR 397; m3 Property (Vic) Pty Ltd v Whitehorse Towers Pty Ltd [2012…
Lucas v Transport Accident Commission [2003] VSC 97
Citation 50 (Para 1)

…[51] Price Street Professional Centre Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (2007)67 ATR 544 at 553 [24]. [52] Lucas v Transport Accident Commission [2003] VSC 97, [10]. [53] Da Costa v R (1968) 118 CLR 186 and Kalokerinos v HIA Insurance Services Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 312, [39]. [54] Haritos v Federal Commissioner…

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