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Preventing Estate Agents From Preparing Contracts
13 March 08 05:21 AM | Peter Mericka | 11 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au After firing more than a few verbal bullets over recent months at Queensland’s Attorney-General (and Fair Trading Minister) Kerry Shine in The Courier Mail and Gold Coast Read More...

Filed under: Agent, conflict of interests, Contract, contract note, contract of sale, Conveyancing, Estate agent, ethics, kerry shine, queensland

Agent Shafted by Deputy Watchdog
05 October 07 09:36 AM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au The following tale was sent to me by a legal colleague. He described it as “a little anecdote” that he was sure I would enjoy. "My client owned a rental property that Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Consumer Affairs, Contract, Estate agent, ethics

Pricing Propaganda From REIV
29 September 07 08:55 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 In his weekly propaganda piece in The Age newspaper (The Age "Domain" 29 September, 2007 p.3) CEO of the Real Estate Institute Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Commission, Deception, Enzo Raimondo, Estate agent, ethics, REIV

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

Richard Wood Solicitors Letter – What If The Right Way Doesn’t Pay!
04 September 07 09:20 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Conveyancer Consumer Advocate peter@lawyersconveyancing.com.au In the absence of evidence to the contrary, we must assume that Richard Wood Solicitors and Barry Plant Real Estate have done everything the Read More...

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