A court ruled in December that Bank of Queensland could recover possession of two mortgaged Sunshine Coast properties su...
Signature forged, bank’s “all monies” mortgage valid but “secures nothing”
A court has refused recovery of a $1.22mil debt under a registered mortgage where the borrower’s signature was forged by...
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...
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...
“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 ...
Owner impersonation on mortgage sign up? Solicitor sued
A mortgage lender has sued a solicitor for failing to identify a borrower at a mortgage sign up meeting after the borrow...
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...
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...