In a decision handed down earlier today, in Willmott Growers Group Inc v Willmott Forests Limited (Receivers and Managers appointed) (in liquidation) [2013] HCA 51, the majority of the High Court upheld the Victorian Court of Appeal’s conclusion that the liquidators of an insolvent landlord can disclaim a lease, thereby extinguishing the tenant’s leasehold interest.
Australia, Victoria, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, King & Wood Mallesons, Landlord, Leasehold estate, Interest, Liquidator (law), Victoria Supreme Court