A CBD retailer has won a court fight to overturn its landlord’s termination of a long-term lease in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic before the National Code
Masters’ sublease refused: sale of home improvement items ≠ home improvement store permitted use
Does the sale of items allowed under a lessee’s Permitted Use mean that the tenant is carrying on a compliant use of leased premises?
COVID legal issues explored in Valley nightclub sale contest; consent of lessor’s mortgagee a must for assignment
On 26 February – as the coronavirus panic was emerging worldwide – a contract was inked for the $550k sale of the upscale Palace Lounge in the heart of Brisbane’s
Retail tenant’s claim for refurbishment disruption to customer access scuppered by ambitious turnover projections
A tenant of a major Brisbane shopping mall has been stalemated in a 10 yr retail lease battle despite compensation being awarded for disruption to customer access and
Punctuation mark invalidates personal guarantee
Credit account applications commonly contain – in the case of companies – a director’s guarantee. Frequently the guarant...
Informal commercial lease format opens up battle on permitted use and rent
A landlord specified the permitted use for an auto repair premises at Moss Street, Slacks Creek as “storage” to better s...
Directors sued over lease guarantee to prior landlord 20 yrs on
The former directors of a food-service business who sold down their shares to a new operator have been sued for the buye...
Gold Coast agency to reimburse buyer $1.6mil for “rent return” error
Ray White Commercial has been ordered to pay a Queensland investor the deficiency in value of a commercial property resu...
Tenants lose out on demolition lease damages
A Cairns landlord who gave a six month demolition notice to two of its tenants has defeated their lawsuit that sought co...