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Lessor floored: make good costs reduced by windfall benefit

November 11, 2023   |  242 views

Landlords and tenants squabbling over make good costs in commercial leases should consider this dispute relating to an industrial warehouse leased to

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Broker collapses $68 mil deal; other buyers kept warm despite exclusivity clause
July 08, 2022   |  1410 views

A buyer has abandoned a $68.5 mil acquisition of nine childcare centres because the seller continued to field interest from other interested parties despite an exclusivity clause in the contract. Singapore-based MindChamps paid a $500k deposit when it signed a terms sheet for the buy of the child care business on 1 September 2016 – […]

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True count of pandemic’s cost to retail tenants begins to emerge
July 07, 2022   |  742 views

The collapse of a Brisbane CBD take away business ravaged by the disappearance of foot traffic at the onset of the Covid pandemic illustrates the plight of hundreds of other retail tenants whose businesses have been similarly decimated. Di Pan took up a six year of an eatery space in MacArthur Central Shopping Centre – […]

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“On the boundary” means on your side of the boundary, says court
July 06, 2022   |  1388 views

A Sunshine Coast developer who secured an agreement with his neighbour for a retaining wall to be constructed “on the boundary,” has been ordered by a court to remove it, because it wasn’t constructed entirely within his land. Noel Covey’s company acquired the Buderim development site in mid-2019. It adjoined a property owned by Theo […]

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Pilot in Aero Club win, denied natural justice
May 31, 2022   |  776 views

The lessee of a hangar at a country airfield has defeated his landlord aero club in its bid to terminate his membership and lease. The South-East Queensland Sport Aircraft Club Inc leases land at the Kilcoy airfield – on the shores of lake Somerset – from SEQWater. Erich Shipton sub-leases one of several hangars at […]

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Major earthworks and poor build create nuisance out of natural water flow
May 30, 2022   |  1424 views

What are the obligations of neighbouring landowners in respect of overland water flow in the context of a retaining wall that separates them. A higher landowner is not liable merely because surface water flows naturally from his land on to the neighbour’s lower land. Only if they carry out works that causes water to flow […]

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Suburban tenancy a dud from the start – how do you mitigate the loss?
May 26, 2022   |  691 views

What are the obligations of a landlord to mitigate the loss if a commercial tenant requests a surrender of the lease within a month of the start date and never starts to trade? Spare a thought for John Tabet who in December 2016, signed up a five-year lease of restaurant premises for a Yajm Vegan […]

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Agent fails to notify buyer contract ended due late deposit; buyer forces sale on
May 24, 2022   |  1431 views

An agent’s failure to action a seller’s notification of termination of a $1.5 mil sale upon a deposit default has led to the delinquent buyers being able to get specific performance of the contract notwithstanding the late deposit. Ian and Alexandra Lenferna signed up for the buy of the Box Hill residence in north-western Sydney […]

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Developer alleges bank conspired with funds giant KKR to crash $42 mil deal
April 28, 2022   |  953 views

Just how was a private equity buyer to comply with a “best endeavours” obligation to secure a loan approval when just five days after inking a contract for the $42 million acquisition of 56 apartments, the outbreak of Covid 19 suddenly led to lockdowns, travel bans and economic uncertainty? Such a scenario faced some of […]

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Buy Now Pay Later is coming to residential real estate
April 27, 2022   |  982 views

Buy now pay later is a pandemic success story. It works well across numerous price ranges but what about real estate? Rent-to-buy has been around in real estate for decades but with a chequered history of unscrupulous sellers exploiting the excitement of naive buyers who – absent a decent deposit – saw it as a […]

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Business

  • Sales of Businesses
  • Supply of Goods & Services
  • Business Agreements with Third Parties
  • Employment Agreements
  • Business Structures & Re-structuring
  • Franchises
  • Corporate & Business Governance

Property

  • Commercial + Industrial Leases
  • Retail Leases
  • Airport Leases
  • Community Title + Body Corporate
  • Conveyancing for Buyers + Sellers
  • Mortgage Lending
  • Independent loan advice
  • Developer Projects
  • Put & Call Options
  • Business + Rent Roll Sales

Real Estate Agency

  • Business + Rent Roll Sales
  • Commission disputes
  • Agents’ conduct disputes
  • Employment issues
  • Agency support

Litigation + Disputes

  • Banking + Financial Advice Disputes
  • Real Estate + Off-the-plan Property Contract Disputes
  • Anti-Competitive Conduct
  • Franchising Disputes
  • Property contribution ownership disputes
  • Employee competition restraint disputes
  • Leasing Disputes
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  • Unfair Contract Terms + Misleading Conduct Disputes
  • Voluntary Association Disputes
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