A court has stopped a senior manager from taking up a role with a competitor until after the expiration of paid “gardeni...
Luxury buyer defeats “extravagant & unconscionable” loan default penalty
A property investor buying into Sydney’s prestigious Point Piper has successfully challenged the propriety of a lender’s...
Broker fakes income & expenses: court writes off $1.5 mil from unaffordable loan
A couple who signed an almost blank home loan application that they left to their broker to complete have been granted &...
Honest developer let out of land presales as council gets stingy on offset allowances
What measures are permissible for a developer to escape unit or land presales in a rising market or where the cost to co...
Neighbour injunction halts grudge deterrence of open-for-inspection prospects
How far can a belligerent neighbour go to deter potential buyers of the house next door to satisfy a grudge they hold ag...
Heads of Agreement would have been enough but for one omission
The suitor of a prized Whitsunday Coast tourism asset has resorted to a Heads of Agreement in an effort to compel the ow...
Bulimba marina owners sunk on body corporate lease termination decision
The lessor of 18 marina docks on the Brisbane River at Bulimba has won the first step in a contest over the validity of ...
Combustible cladding: lot owners sue the developer for value of building defects
Can individual unit owners sue the developer or builder in separate actions for a proportionate share of the value of co...
Photocopier contracts get court reprieve; suppliers get their comeuppance
Ever wondered why it seems impossible to escape from high-priced photocopier contracts? Read on. On Friday the Federal C...