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Owner’s challenge to his unit’s council valuations dismissed; $525,000 improved value confirmed (VCAT, 2026)
A Ringwood unit owner objected to the site value, capital improved value and net annual value on his council rates notice, saying the figures were too high because the unit was mid-renovation…
Read Guide →Permit refused for a 24-hour service station on a highway corner in a protected landscape area (VCAT, 2026)
A property company wanted to build and run a 24-hour service station with signage on a rural highway corner at Bannockburn, and…
Read Guide →Plumber awarded $330 Saturday call-out fee after a failed hot water repair (VCAT, 2026)
A home owner called a plumbing business out on a Saturday to relight the pilot light on a 30-year-old hot water service,…
Read Guide →VCAT can reopen a $49,011 order but cannot decide the insurance dispute itself
An insurer ignored a VCAT hearing notice, lost by default and was ordered to pay a policyholder $49,011.47, then applied to have…
Read Guide →Tribunal upholds insurer’s refusal to fund a TENS machine and MRI after a minor rear-end crash (VCAT, 2026)
A passenger in a car that was bumped from behind at a red light asked the Transport Accident Commission to pay for…
Read Guide →Council’s refusal upheld: no permit to remove a 16-metre tree blamed for pipe damage (VCAT, 2026)
A home owner asked VCAT to overturn Whitehorse City Council's refusal of a permit to remove a 16-metre sweet gum from his…
Read Guide →Neighbour ordered to pay costs after refusing to do the drainage works he had proposed himself (VCAT, 2026)
Two neighbours in Inverloch spent almost three years in VCAT over water running off one property onto the other, and settled on…
Read Guide →Former motel ‘licence’ found to be a tenancy; owner ordered to sign a written rental agreement (VCAT, 2026)
A woman had lived in a unit at a former motel since April 2023 under a document called a licence agreement, and…
Read Guide →Landlord’s claim against his property manager dismissed: agent reported each leak, owner used his brother (VCAT, 2026)
A landlord sued the real estate agency that managed his West Footscray investment property, saying it failed to tell him how serious…
Read Guide →Overlooking objection ends after amended plans met the standard; permit sent back to council (VCAT, 2026)
Two neighbours objected to a council decision to approve two dwellings on a nearby block, saying the design would allow views into…
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