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Another Nail in the Auction Coffin 14 February 08 07:37 PM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments: by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd The Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) has been forced to come clean, and to admit to consumers that "...no binding contract Read More...

Filed under: REIV, Auction, Commission, Agent, Contract, Enzo Raimondo
What If The Estate Agent Has Already Spent The Commission? 31 January 08 09:44 AM | Peter Mericka | 2 Comments: by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd As any lawyer or conveyancer will confirm, a contract may have to be cancelled for a variety of reasons, even after it has become Read More...

Filed under: Deposit, Commission, Contract, conflict of interests, commission factoring
Who Will Pay The (Legal) Ferrymen? 29 November 07 06:28 AM | Peter Mericka | 2 Comments: by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Below are comments I have received independently from a couple of legal colleagues. They are clearly quite concerned about the ‘costs consequences’ of conveyancing solicitors’, Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Lawyer, Commission, Agent, Contract, ethics