A commercial borrower has defended a bank’s $1.9 million re-fi loan default lawsuit on the basis that it had also promis...
ATO fends off fanciful claims to clawback tax debt
A taxpayer has sued the Taxation Commissioner for $450k as a result of his failure to accept a $1.00 “Bill of Exchange” ...
Soul darkens Hilton’s outlook, disappointed unit buyer in $1.4 mil value loss claim
A buyer who signed up in March 2008 for a $3.15 million Orchid Tower apartment in the Hilton Surfers Paradise resort has...
Agents, solicitor & valuers in wash up over Wendell St mortgagee auction
A former solicitor has sued the CBA for improperly rejecting a substantially higher offer from the ultimate buyer of a N...
Builder in ‘hardship’ defence to resist $650k off-the-plan settlement
A $5k deposit was all that the developer required for each of the three lots signed up off-the-plan in September 2012 to...
Court slams lawyer and “illegal marketing fees” as “foolish” investors sued on $300k Hilton loss
Most buyers would have been more circumspect than the New Zealand couple who signed up for a $930k off-the-plan purchase...
Borrower to Westpac: I’ll meet you at brewery to settle up
Courts continue to adjudicate high volumes of bank repossession actions that are often defended by unrepresented custome...
Defaulting buyer cops $500k Hilton hit as market surges back
As an investor led property rush pushes prices in some locations back to pre-GFC levels, tragedies that befell those wit...
“Top dollar” mortgagee sale below value, borrower seeks $115k deficiency
A mortgagor has sued for the cash loss resulting from a mortgagee’s sale of his secured property at what he claims, was ...