Agents can be forgiven for holding suspicions about the proposed deregulation of commissions and “reconsideration” of ne...
Motel option exercised out of time: court upholds renewal based on owner’s conduct
The manner in which the landlord conducted a market rent review was the tipping point in favour of a mining town motel t...
Tenant abandons premises: landlord recovers rent to 2014
A recent shopping centre rent recovery action offers a useful demonstration of how loss of future rent is calculated whe...
Rueful tenant gazumped in Queen St retail review: court pulls shades on second lease attempt
The collapse of negotiations over a prime Queen Street retail location – aired this month in the Supreme Court ...
BCCMA & PAMDA net drowning agents in contract compliance rules
Undaunted by calls for a moratorium on ill-considered regulation, the government has pulled even tighter on the net in w...
Lease letter of intent lesson: Can landlord pull plug after pocketing payment?
Bathroom goods supplier, Highgrove – “the fastest-growing bathroomware company on the East Coast of Australia” – w...
PAMDA non-compliance: buyer recovers $250,000: two lots = one residential “parcel”
Before last week I felt just a little – in relation to the already considerable volume of law on PAMDA’s applicati...
The extent of BCCMA termination traps: must the CMS be “attached”?
Justice minister Paul Lucas has so far ignored pleas from Queensland real estate agents to halt the start of BCCMA chang...
Developer dumped in white-water: agents caught in splash over absent Sunshine Beach views
It was fifth and sixth time unlucky for Sunshine Beach developer Mark Bain Constructions when the company and two local ...