Residential and commercial leases – and the legislation that regulates them – contain numerous provisions re...
The game just changed for Crown tenants: not “looked after” at all
To the disappointment of the prospective tenants, James Packer’s Crown Resorts refused to include an option period in th...
Retail tenant sweats on $38k air con replacement
A Cairns retail tenant who paid for regular equipment servicing was told by its air conditioning contractor “it’s only o...
Owners caught short on rent default: guarantor discharged at lease renewal
A Gold Coast landlord has lost a bid to recover unpaid rent after the exercise of a renewal option becausean assignment ...
Court splash over car wash lease, termination without remedy notice valid
The tenant of a Bribie Island car wash site who alleged it did not receive a notice to remedy breach of lease has been o...
Masters’ lease blunders emblematic of rollout distaster
The debacle that followed Woolworths’ commitment to a 10,500 m2 Masters super-site in Bendigo is emblematic of the food peoples’ ill-fated strategy to win a home-improvement
Landlord trumped on make-good claim by paucity of invoice details
When a factory tenant vacated after more than three years in occupation, it cleaned the premises but left in place a par...
Tenant funds landlord’s insurance, insurer sues tenant for building blaze $$
Can a landlord’s insurer recover the cost of repairs to commercial premises negligently damaged by a tenant, even ...
Company allows staff to occupy caretaker’s residence: unauthorized subletting, option refused
A scrap metal company has lost the lease of its wrecking yard because it sub-let a granny flat in the on-site residence ...