The Queensland Supreme Court was challenged again in May by a litigant who for the past 40 years has been petitioning Au...
Surveyor sues for place on ANZ panel, court finds email evidence “fabricated”
A quantity surveyor has sued ANZ bank for breach of its promise to place his company on its “panel” of prefe...
Agent fends off BOQ with Banking Code “sexual debt” defence
A Sarina real estate agent has succeeded in holding the Bank of Queensland at bay and defeated its summary judgment appl...
Dispossessed borrower sues judge for contempt
Even as Queensland’s residential real estate market claws itself back to some respectability, the desperation of propert...
Valuers rule: $100k Mackay re-sale loss cut to $50k in damages award
The re-sale of a Mackay home at a $100k loss after the first buyer failed to settle, has resulted in a far lower sum in ...
Resort Corp project collapse, investor seeks way to funds recovery
A Brisbane based mezzanine finance group has claimed in the Supreme Court that it made a $1.6 million property investmen...
CAN bank merciless on recovery, no patience for inventive borrower
A bank customer has tendered a one dollar “bill of exchange” redeemable at a Mullumbimby café, to delay the lender’s rec...
Pre GFC Hilton investor cops $278k re-sale compo
Overseas investors who contracted in May 2008 to purchase a luxury off-the-plan Gold Coast condominium, but failed to se...
Unrepayable $1.2 mil loan to “fast-fading” immigrants ok
In April 2007 Steve and Iris Karamihos re-financed their Maroubra home with a $1.2 million loan through a finance broker...