A recent Court of Appeal decision* has clarified the validity of retail rent review provisos that allow for CPI or marke...
Court crashes 12 high-rise contracts: failure to observe statutory disclosure requirements
Non-compliance with the disclosure requirements of the Environmental Protection Act (“EPA”) and the Body Cor...
Special condition designed for “emotional defects”
How do you go about selling a home with “emotional defects” – features that do not relate to title and...
Swift stop to Hedges Ave splurge
Savannah Ray’s first offer on the morning of 18 February 2009 to purchase the $8.5 million property at 31 Hedges A...
Landlords now able to recoup Land Tax from tenants – Real Estate offices may be exempt
Amendments to the Land Tax Act from 1 July 2009 now entitle landlords of commercial and industrial premises to pass on h...
PAMDA Alert – New forms from 1 July 2009
In its infinite wisdom, the Qld government has yet again amended all PAMDA forms and mandated the old ones must not be u...
Contract price rebates – agent & buyer exposure to liability
There is no technical legal obstacle to inserting a sale price in a contract reference schedule and specifying elsewhere...