1-10-21 / Damian Clothier KC, Matthew Hickey OAM — Contract, Land Law & Property, Commercial Equity
A dispute arose between parties to a deed of agreement, as to whether the deed required a payment for the release of mortgages to be made by bank cheque, and if so whether the mortgagee was entitled to exercise its power of sale because the deed had been breached (the…
7-5-20 / Matthew Hickey OAM — Contract, Land Law & Property
Following an earlier decision, in which Barlow QC DCJ made orders for specific performance against a buyer who had failed to complete the purchase of a residential development in Canberra, the developer (vendor) sought orders for specific performance against the guarantors of the buyer's obligations under the contract. Barlow QC…
14-2-20 / Matthew Hickey OAM — Contract, Land Law & Property
A major developer sought orders for specific performance against a purchaser who had failed to complete a contract for the purchase of a residential apartment in Canberra, and against the guarantors of the purchaser's obligations under the contract. Barlow QC DCJ made orders for specific performance against the purchaser and…
20-7-18 / Shane Monks, Matthew Hickey OAM — Class Actions, Commercial Equity, Corporations, International, Land Law & Property
A class action and related proceeding by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, in which relief was sought on behalf of investors in a large "Ponzi" scheme operated in the Republic of India. The investors sought to trace their pooled funds from India, where they had been invested in…
31-10-17 / Roger Traves KC, Nicholas Andreatidis KC, Matthew Hickey OAM — Judicial Review & Administrative, Land Law & Property
The applicant sought a statutory order of review regarding an ‘additional purpose’ approval to a grazing lease (where the ‘additional purpose’ approved was for low key tourism) under the Land Act 1994 (Qld). The relevant question was whether or not the ‘low key tourism’ both does not interfere with and is…
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