Updated commentary

• Selak v National Tiles Co Pty Ltd (No 5) [2024] VSC 504: A defendant’s offer to pay a sum to the plaintiff “inclusive of interest” and the plaintiff’s taxed costs was not ambiguous. See [CPR26.02.120] and [CPR26.08.20]
• Jabiru Satellite Ltd (In liq) (recs & mgrs apptd) vs Societe Generale [2024] VSC 411: Further work was required to be undertaken due to the interaction of French law with the defendant’s local discovery obligations. See [CPR62.02.360]
• R v ZT [2025] HCA 9: For the appellate court to purport to evaluate the credibility of witnesses was to usurp the function of the jury. See [CPR64.0.1280]
• Wadren Pty Ltd v AIG Australia [2024] VSC 807: The introduction of new evidence on appeal is a matter for the judge hearing the appeal and not entitlement to the appealing party. See [CPR77.06.100]
• Bird v DP (2024) 419 ALR 552; [2024] HCA 41: The majority decision considered the history of legal mechanisms available to redress the abuses. See [CPR85.02.20]

New commentary

• Consolidation of appeals: See [CPR 64.0.1360]
• Intervening in an appeal: See [CPR 64.O.1380]
• Time for notice of appeal: See [CPR77.06.60]
• Investments on separate account: See [CPR79.08.20]
• Commencing a proceeding in the commercial list: See [SCMCPR2.01.10]
• Commencing a proceeding in the judicial review and appeals list: See [SCMCPR4.01.10]

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