Every agent learns that amendments made to a contract after signing by a party must – to ensure contract validity –...
Agent’s duty to client: $25k for not keeping seller informed
The extent of an agent’s duty to his client seller in relation to the sale of a home in Tarragindi Brisbane was the subj...
“Unfair” terms: new ADL & REIQ contracts. What kind of animal? Will changes bite agents?
The new house & land editions from both providers have new clauses for building & pest inspection; default; and ...
Aaargh! New hurdles for agents, developers & landlords to TACL
The real estate industry will very soon have a new set of hurdles to jump . The Australian Consumer Law (TACL) which voi...
The ferocious PAMDA monster lives on…
The complex document ordering, contract presentation and re-presentation requirements in PAMDA will be axed from October...
Australia Post dispatched – handing over premises to subsidiary a breach of warehouse lease
The Court of Appeal has overturned an earlier ruling that a change in occupier was not a change in possession requiring ...
PAMDA is still a monster – only some of its heads have been cut
The Queensland government has taken the sword to the PAMDA monster by slowly cutting off one of its heads but leaving it...
How reasonable must a reasonable landlord be? – Court reverses refusal of assignment consent
The Supreme Court* recently ordered a landlord – who acted on “one-sided” and “ill informed̶...
When does size matter? – 15% smaller balcony not enough for river-front apartment sale termination
The Supreme Court has ruled on a Tennyson Reach contract termination argument about balcony size and whether they measur...