Lost trust deeds

If your client has lost a trust deed, and all copies of it, what should they do? The leading texts are silent on this question, but thankfully my colleague Dominique Hogan-Doran has prepared a thoroughly helpful and practical guide for what to do in order to make an application to the Court seeking a declaration […]

Equitable claim against a trustee in bankruptcy transferred to the Federal Court

In the light of a recent Court of Appeal decision, great care should be exercised in choosing the court in which to issue proceedings claiming an equitable interest in the property of a bankrupt. In Turner v Gorkowski [2014] VSCA 248, the Victorian Court of Appeal transferred to the Federal Court a Supreme Court proceeding in […]