[1] Affidavit of Justin Matthew Bentley sworn 29 May 2013, para 3.

[2] Affidavit of Leslie Frank Hammond sworn 29 May 2013 at para 6. The affidavit of John Louis McGirr sworn 30 May 2013 refers to an undated and unsigned notice of default, found in the file provided by the Applicant's previous solicitor, which purported to be issued under s 146 of the Property Law Act 1958 (Victoria), which notice would clearly be inapplicable and ineffective to property situate in New South Wales.

[4] Sub section 5(1).

[5] [2001] VCAT 2439 at [12].

[6] [2003] VSCA 11.

[8] Fara Pty Ltd v Perin [2007] VCAT 1404 at [5]; Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Slaveska [2008] VCAT 2072 at [36].

[9] Victorian Managed Insurance Authority v Dura (Australia) Constructions Pty Ltd (Domestic Building) [2009] VCAT 1918 at [81]- [82].

[10] Atlantic Star v Bona Spes [1974] AC 436 at 471 per Lord Simon of Glaisdale.

[11] [2002] VCAT 1399 at [15].

[12] See Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Co Inc v Fay [1988] HCA 32; (1988) 165 CLR 197; and Schmidt v Won & Ors [1998] 3 VR 435.

[13] (1990) HCA 55 at [26] per Toohey J.

[14] Warren J (as she then was) in Rogan & Ors v Rushton (QLD) Pty Ltd [2002] VSC 375.

[15] Bankinvest AG v Seabrook (1988) 14 NSWLR 711, 714, 730; Schmidt v Won (1988) 3 VR 435, 450.

[16] Bankinvest, supra, 728; Spiliada Maritime Corporation v Cansulex Limited (1987) AC 460, 478.

[18] See the observations of Gillard J in Ewen v BHP Billiton Limited [2005] VSC 4.

[19] Bentley v Cash Resources [2002] VCAT 1399 per President Kellam J at [15] who acknowledged that there may be appropriate cases where the size and complexity of a case may be more suited to the Supreme Court. In practice, such a circumstance is uncommon if not rare.

[20] Camillo Concrete Structures Pty Ltd v Baulderstone Pty Ltd [2010] VCAT 285 at [24].

[21] Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Slaveska (Civil Claims) [2008] VCAT 2072 at [36] per Harbison J.