VCAT
What tenants can do if their landlord hikes the rent
Tenants are being hit with rising costs, with more pain expected to come. But there are steps renters can take when facing a rent increase.
- by Kate Burke
Latest
‘It’s ridiculous’: Heritage home owner ordered to remove solar panels
A home owner must remove the solar panels he had installed on the roof of his Canterbury home because of the heritage restrictions in his neighbourhood.
- by Cara Waters
‘Stewy the Snake Catcher’ keeps licence but must scale back social media
The high-profile Melbourne snake catcher had to go to VCAT to get his wildlife controller licence back.
- by David Estcourt
‘Terrible decision’: Decaying heritage house to be bulldozed after council overruled
The “bulldozers are waiting” to knock down an uninhabitable Edwardian home a local council repeatedly tried to save from being levelled because the demolition has been approved by a tribunal.
- by Tom Cowie
‘Dangerous nonsense’: Anti-vax pharmacist loses bid to resume practising
Yarraville pharmacist Maria Stogiannis appeared to have “fallen under the spell of a world view” that posed a risk to her patients, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found.
- by Cassandra Morgan
‘It’s not sneaky’: Geelong caravan park offers new homes
Dennis More courted controversy when he excavated an existing canal without council permission. Now his caravan park will accept permanent residents.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Australia Post ordered to compensate couple for failing to deliver parcels
A Melbourne couple have won their battle against Australia Post after taking legal action over its poor parcel delivery service.
- by Henrietta Cook
Lawyer accused of posting solicitor’s number in sex work ad
A family and divorce lawyer fighting sexual harassment allegations says he posted the female solicitor’s number online accidentally during a drug and alcohol-fuelled spree, VCAT has heard.
- by Tammy Mills
‘Suspicious’ fire torches 150-year-old home set for hotel development
Controversial plans to redevelop the historic home were approved just weeks before the blaze that police are now treating as suspicious.
- by Michael Fowler
Victorian courts consider only allowing jurors who are fully vaccinated
Rapid antigen testing for both jurors and those that fall outside the mandatory vaccine requirements is another measure on the table for the courts facing the vexed balance between health and access to justice.
- by Tammy Mills and Simone Fox Koob
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Coronavirus pandemic
Renters, landlords in limbo after COVID crashes dispute tribunal
The delays are so bad that renters and landlords haven’t been able to get a hearing date for their disputes to be resolved, leaving them out-of-pocket by thousands.
- by Tammy Mills