Author - Robert Speirs

The NSW Retail Leases Amendment (Review) Bill 2025 introduces modest but notable changes to retail leasing law. Robert Speirs unpacks...

We would all agree that in many cases, tenants need protection. A small business owner may have little knowledge of...

We live in a time of natural disasters; floods, storms, fires and the like! Often, property is a casualty. In...

There’s good ‘practical advice’ here and it’s COVID-19 related. Leases have been extended to match up to negotiated rent deferral...

Robert Spiers can always find fault in ‘normal time’ legislation. When circumstances change and legislation is rushed to deal with...

Victoria has just introduced a Bill that could establish a ‘commencement date’ in a retail lease, in a centre that...

It’s almost Christmas. Need some humour, some light but challenging reading? One would think that the farthest material for such...

Another case of poor legislation in South Australia where, (yes unbelievably) there’s a minimum 5-year term of lease. It was...

You’re a retailer and your lease says that if a tenant is in breach of the lease, your landlord can...

Some in our office reckon Speirs’ papers on retail lease legislation are the best in the issue! The following would...

As usual, a very amusing article from Robert Speirs. This time he looks at the ‘Assignment of Lease’ clause, with...

Core trading hours are anachronistic; so says Robert Speirs. Since their introduction some years ago, shopping habits have changed, as...

Robert Speirs, a specialist in retail leases and regular contributor to SCN, looks at the recent case where the lessors...

The retail legislation in Victoria is much the same as the retail legislation in the other Australian jurisdictions. One of...

I have recently acted for a tenant in a retail lease dispute which demonstrates the ability of the legislation to...

The minimum 5-year term was one of the pillars of the New South Wales Retail Leases Act when it was...

Not to be outdone by the banana-benders, the NSW government has tabled the Retail Leases Amendment (Review) Bill 2016...

You’d wonder where Robert Speirs gets his material! How can you write a critique of the Retail Leases Act and...

We’ve recently (2015) seen an Amendment Bill to the Queensland Retail Leases Act of 1994.

Sometimes the retail legislation throws in a real curve ball, just to keep you guessing...

In another article in this issue, the SCCA calls for a review of lease legislation. Robert Speirs represents...