The Law Handbook 2024

List of cases 1179 Walmsley & Walmsley v Charles (Hall) (Residential Tenancies) [2019] VCAT 1691 – Tenancy: compensation claims by renter 523 Warburton Environment Inc v VicForests (No 5) [2022] VSC 633 – Nature protection law 1043 Watkins v Victoria [2010] VSCA 138 – Taking fingerprints and self-incrimination 185 Watson v Marshall and Cade [1971] HCA 33; (1971) 124 CLR 621 – Tenancy: forum for interstate disputes 524 Wells, Re [2008] VSC 29 – Refusal of bail: surrounding circumstances 206 West v AGC (Advances) Ltd (1986) 5 NSWLR 610 – National Credit Code: unjust contracts 437 Western Australia v Ward [2002] HCA 28 – Native Title: extinguishing 8 Westpac Banking Corporation v Tesoro [2012] VSC 182 – National Consumer Credit: variation on grounds of hardship 440 Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996) 187 CLR 1 – Native Title and pastoral leases 8 Williams v Macedon Ranges Shire Council [2022] VCAT 621 – Environment and planning law: planning schemes 1016 Williams v The Queen [1978] HCA 49 – Drug offences: possession 133 Wilson, Re (bail application) [2006] VSC 178 – Refusal of bail: surrounding circumstances 206 WL v La Trobe University (General) [2005] VCAT 2592 – Privacy: data protection 1114 Wolfe v Permanent Custodians [2013] VSCA 331 – National Consumer Credit: unjust contracts 437 Woods v DPP [2014] VSC 1 – Refusal of bail: show cause 202 WQN (Guardianship) [2020] VCAT 814 – Power of attorney: VCAT jurisdiction 863 WRU (Guardianship) [2018] VCAT 1533 – Power of attorney: attorney’s obligations 862, 863 X XIY [2023] VCAT 809 – Administrators: Powers and duties 856 Y YDM [2016] VCAT 758 – Power of attorney: VCAT jurisdiction 863 Young v Chief Executive Officer (Housing) [2023] HCA 31 – Ending a tenancy: Illegal evictions 494, 523 Z Zalsman & Blendall [2020] FamCA 292 – Surname of child 282 ZG Operations Australia Pty Ltd v Jamsek (2002) 398 ALR 603 – Employment law: employee or independent contractor? 1054 ZHC v VOCAT (Review and Regulation) [2022] VCAT 333 – Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal investigatory powers 977 Zhou v Kousal [2012] VSC 187 – Debts: warrant of seizure and sale 361 Zreika, Re [2020] VSC 648 – Refusal of bail: surrounding circumstances 206