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Luxury River-Front Property For Sale - Flooded Only Once (Or Twice)
01 February 12 06:54 AM | Peter Mericka | 3 Comments   

OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au What do you do when a property you have contracted to sell is damaged (by flood, fire or whatever) before settlement? What do you do if you are the buyer of that Read More...

Filed under: brisbane, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Estate agent, flood, flood insurance, flooded, flooding, property, queensland, real estate, river

Three Tales of Deceitful Real Estate Agents Successfully Sued
13 January 12 06:56 AM | Peter Mericka | 11 Comments   

OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Real estate agents are rarely prosecuted or sued. Sure, we regularly hear about misbehaviour in the real estate industry and occasionally a real estate agent appears Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Deception, Lawyers Conveyancing, real estate

Investigation of a Good Samaritan Conveyancer
08 February 11 01:52 PM | Peter Mericka | 5 Comments   

OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Marty Zelig was a former articled law clerk who, while continuing to study part-time for his law degree, became a project coordinator with a property development Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, Conveyancing

Conveyancing Consumer Forum - Questions & Answers
02 November 10 11:08 AM | Peter Mericka | 4 Comments   

Lawyers Conveyancing Facebook Page Quality and Legal Best Practice In keeping with our commitments to client satisfaction and continuous improvement as a Best Practice - Quality Endorsed Law Firm , we have established this self-help facility as a means Read More...

Filed under: Consumer, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, facebook, Q&A

Conveyancer Fined Over Conflict of Interest
14 September 10 08:41 AM | Peter Mericka | 8 Comments   

The Office of Consumer and Business Affairs (OCBA) is warning conveyancers of their legal duty to declare any relevant interests on properties they deal with, following successful disciplinary action in the District Court. Today Judge Wayne Chivell officially Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, Conveyancing, licensed conveyancer, south australia

Licensed Conveyancers Are Not Welcome in Queensland! (Or the A.C.T.)
08 September 10 05:00 PM | Peter Mericka | 19 Comments   

OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au The Queensland Law Society has happily informed its solicitor members that the Queensland Government does not intend to allow licensed conveyancers to practise Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, conveyancers act, Conveyancing, harcourts

Conveyancing Corruption - Lawyers Too!
24 November 08 07:27 PM | Peter Mericka | 7 Comments   

OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au (Following on from " Licensed Conveyancer Corruption Must Be Stopped ", Tim O'Dwyer reports on a lawyer conveyancer's attempt to attract referrals from real estate Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, corruption, kick-back, queensland, referral fee, secret commissions, touting

Licensed Conveyancers - A Serious Risk For Consumers
18 November 08 04:41 PM | Peter Mericka | 17 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Consumer Advocate Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd I was motivated to write this article for www.AustralianRealEstateBlog.com.au after I had Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, conveyancers act, goodman group, licensed conveyancer, paul garson, stonnington conveyancing

Estate Agent Referrals - Punishment & Corruption
27 October 08 10:32 AM | Peter Mericka | 9 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd I have previously written about estate agents who refer clients to "pet" solicitors and conveyancers in return for payment, Read More...

Filed under: carnegie, Conveyancer, Lawyer, matthew hurlston, ray white, referral, sid jackson

Victoria's Section 32 Statements - Tread Warily In This Conveyancing Minefield
20 May 08 05:41 AM | Peter Mericka | 5 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Victoria’s solicitors have been informed by their Legal Practitioners’ Liability Committee (“LPLC”) that their mishandling of property conveyancing is one of the most Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, Conveyancing, disclosure statement, sale of land act, section 32, vendor statement

Don't Be A Party To Mortgage Fraud!
27 February 08 06:49 AM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Last week I received this email: "Tim, I was wondering if you could help me with a strange clause. A woman wants to purchase a property for $500,000. She wants to get Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, Estate agent, fraud, Lawyer, mortgage, mortgage broker, mortgage fraud

Real Estate Agents Preying On Battlers
28 January 08 06:42 PM | Peter Mericka | 3 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd " Real Estate Agents Preying On Battlers " is the title of an article appearing on the ABC news website. I invite visitors to Read More...

Filed under: conflict of interests, Consumer Affairs, Contract, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Estate agent, Lawyer

The "Oh", "Really?" and "I Wish I Had Known That!" of Making an Offer and Organising Finance
24 January 08 09:55 AM | Shannyn Hunter | 7 Comments   

by Shannyn Hunter Conveyancer shannyn@lawyersconveyancing.com.au Lawyers Conveyancing On Monday morning purchasers can experience a real estate hangover. After a weekend of elation at finding their dream house and pressure from the agent to make an offer, Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Contract, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Deception, Deposit, Estate agent, Finance, finance condition, Lawyer, legal advice, Purchase, real estate, Residential, Sale, solicitor, special condition, Valuation

Ho-Hum Bodies Corporate Up For An Overhaul
05 November 07 12:07 PM | Shannyn Hunter | 1 Comments   

by Shannyn Hunter Conveyancer shannyn@lawyersconveyancing.com.au Lawyers Conveyancing The mundane life of large body corporates will be shaken up at the start of next year when the Owners Corporations Act 2006 takes effect. As reported by Wendy Mason Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Purchase

Richard Wood Solicitors - Who Needs To Know?
20 September 07 08:24 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Conveyancer Consumer Advocate peter@lawyersconveyancing.com.au I have discussed the way in which payments to estate agents can become illegal secret commissions if they are not disclosed, and how the disclosure Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Commission, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Estate agent, ethics, referral, richard wood, secret commissions