12-2-21 / Bianca Kabel — Land Law & Property
This was an appeal considering whether the primary judge erred in finding that the respondent – in setting differential general rating categories 2T and 3T – had not characterised land based upon the personal characteristics of a person who may occupy the land. It was argued that the sole difference…
29-5-20 / Bianca Kabel — Land Law & Property
This was an application for judicial review of the respondent Council’s decision to determine certain differential rating categories. It was submitted by the applicant that, inter alia, the Council had set those categories impermissibly by reference to the personal characteristics of the owner, and not some feature of the land.…
9-11-18 / Bianca Kabel — Land Law & Property, Professional Negligence
In this case, Bianca Kabel (with K Barlow QC) acted for plaintiffs in resisting an application by the defendant to strike out amendments made in the plaintiffs’ Amended Statement of Claim which were alleged to raise new causes of action outside the relevant limitation period, as well as an application…
19-10-18 / Christopher Johnstone, Bianca Kabel, Sean Russell — Land Law & Property, Contract
The matter arose from a contract of sale for a commercial property for $81,200,00. The dispute was over the obligation to pay “the balance of the Purchase Price” on the settlement date and a special contractual condition provided that the seller must pay to the buyer, by way of an…
4-10-18 / Bianca Kabel — Land Law & Property
BP Australia Pty Ltd appealed against the valuation issued by the Valuer-General for one of its properties. The Valuer-General applied for disclosure of certain documents relating to a comparable sale relied upon by both parties. BP contested the relevance of the requested documents, and the breadth of the categories sought.…
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