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Book Exposes Real World Of Real Estate
19 October 09 07:01 AM | Peter Mericka | 6 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd I was watching "First Tuesday Book Club" on ABC TV a few months ago, and I saw the host, Jennifer Byrne hold up a copy of Brendan Read More...

Filed under: Deception, Auction, fraud, corruption, appraisal, sold, estate agency, real estate industry, gullifer, listing

Did The Minister's Dog Eat Hubby's Homework?
05 August 09 10:05 AM | Peter Mericka | 4 Comments   

OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Former corruption investigator Tony Fitzgerald QC and former premier Wayne Goss recently charged that Queensland’s Beattie and Bligh governments had let the state Read More...

Filed under: queensland, keech, conflict of interests, corruption, politics, wayne goss, beattie, labor party, tony fitzgerald, fitzgerald inquiry, government, lobbying, bligh

REIV Votes Against Corruption Remedy
30 June 09 06:51 PM | Peter Mericka | 10 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd I believe that the real estate industry in Victoria is the most corrupt in Australia. This is confirmed time and again, Read More...

Filed under: REIV, real estate institute of victoria, underquoting, corruption, victoria

Goodman Group Conveyancing Bribe Payments
04 April 09 08:03 AM | Peter Mericka | 41 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd Last year Scott Goodman, a licensed conveyancer and owner of Goodman Group Conveyancing, launched what he called the Read More...

Filed under: goodman group, licensed conveyancer, corruption, scott goodman, bribe, client trafficking, rosier real estate

Conveyancing Bribes - A New Growth Industry
24 December 08 02:32 PM | Peter Mericka | 10 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd Since Scott Goodman of Goodman Group Conveyancing started his "Goodman Group Conveyancing Referral Service" bribery and Read More...

Filed under: goodman group, aicvic, corruption, scott goodman, bribe, conveyancers

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, secret commissions, queensland, referral fee, corruption, touting, kick-back

Licensed Conveyancer Corruption Must Be Stopped!
24 November 08 12:51 PM | Peter Mericka | 15 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd An Appeal To The Australian Institute Of Conveyancers (Victorian Division) (AICVIC) The Australian Institute of Conveyancers Read More...

Filed under: secret commissions, conveyancers act, licensed conveyancer, australian institute of conveyancers, referral fee, aicvic, corruption