New South Wales Law Reform Commission
The Honourable DP Landa, LLB, MLC,
Attorney General for New South Wales.
COMMUNITY LAW REFORM PROGRAM
Attached to this document is the report of this Commission pursuant to the reference dated 20 June 1983, a copy of which is fully set out on page 3 of the report.
Ronald Sackville, Chairman
Russell Scott, Deputy Chairman
Colin Phegan, Commissioner.
March 1984
Terms of Reference
“To inquire into and report on:
(i) The law and practice relating to insurance or compensation in respect of damage to or destruction of improvements and other property on land the subject of a contract for sale, and as part of such inquiry to consider the following:
(i) how the risk of such damage or destruction should be borne as between vendor and purchaser
(ii) whether the benefit of an insurance policy held by the vendor should ensure for the purchaser
(iii) the manner in which the proceeds of any insurance policy held by the vendor or the purchaser, or any compensation received by either party, should be applied.
(ii) Any incidental matter.”
DP Landa
Attorney General and Minister of Justice.
20 June 1983.
New South Wales Law Reform Commission
The Law Reform Commission is constituted by the Law Reform Commission Act 1967.
The Commissioners are:
Chairman
Professor Ronald Sackville
Deputy Chairman
Full-time Commissioners
Part-time Commissioners
Mr I McC Barker, QC
Mrs Bettina Cass
Mr J H P Disney
The Hon Mr Justice Adrian Roden
The Hon Mr Justice Andrew Rogers
Ms P Smith
Mr HD Sperling, QC
Research Director
Members of the research staff are:
Mr Ian Ramsay
Ms Roslyn Robertson
Ms Fiona Tito
Ms Judith Walker
Ms Meredith Wilkie
The Secretary of the Commission is Ms. Mariella Lizier and its offices are at 16th Level Goodsell Building, 8-12 Chifley Square, Sydney, NSW. 2000 (telephone: (02) 238 7213).
This is the Fifth Report of the commission under its Community Law Reform Program. Its short citation is LRC 40.
Participants
Commission Members
For the purpose of the reference the Chairman, in accordance with section 12A of the Law Reform Commission Act, 1967, created a Division comprising the following members of the Commission:
Professor Ronald Sackville (Chairman)
Mr Russell Scott (Deputy Chairman)
Associate Professor Colin Phegan (from 6 February 1984)
Mr JRT Wood, QC (until 31 January 1984)
Secretary
Consultant to the Commission
Mr Peter Butt Senior Lecturer-in-Law
Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
Research
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