• Lessee’s Retail Lease Demolished: Demolition Clauses and Termination

    In Wynne Avenue Property Pty Ltd v MJHQ Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCATAP 41, Wynne Avenue Property (the Lessor) sought to terminate MJHQ Pty Ltd’s (the Lessee) using a demolition clause… Continue reading Lessee’s Retail Lease Demolished: Demolition Clauses and Termination

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    Inactive Super Fund Accounts May Lose Insurance Cover

    Changes to super that are set to come into effect on 1 July 2019 have serious implications for those potentially affected in relation to insurance cover. Super fund members who… Continue reading Inactive Super Fund Accounts May Lose Insurance Cover

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    Electronic Settlements Using Third Party Agents

    With the 1 July mandate fast approaching, a number of firms have come into existence offering to act as ‘Settlement Agents’ on the PEXA system for those firms/practitioners who (for… Continue reading Electronic Settlements Using Third Party Agents

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    Easing Out of Easements is Not Easy: Successors in Title Bound by an Easement

    In Campbell v Hamilton [2019] NSWCA 22, the appellant sought to argue that though he had agreed to grant an easement to the respondent, this easement did not bind future… Continue reading Easing Out of Easements is Not Easy: Successors in Title Bound by an Easement

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    Adverse Possession: When Risk Brings Reward

    The case of McFarland v Gertos [2018] NSWSC 1629 is one which garnered significant media interest. Bill Gertos (the Defendant) took possession of a vacant (seemingly abandoned) property in 1998… Continue reading Adverse Possession: When Risk Brings Reward

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    It Takes a Village: Our Journey to 100% Digital Property Settlements

    As an industry we are soon approaching the next in a series of milestones in the transition to e-Conveyancing, with all mainstream transactions in NSW required to be lodged electronically… Continue reading It Takes a Village: Our Journey to 100% Digital Property Settlements

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    CASEFLASH: The Sun Does Not Set on a Property Development Plan

    In brief In the Supreme Court case of Silver Star Fashions Pty Ltd v Dal Broi [2018] NSWSC 1445, the Court was called upon to consider whether a number of… Continue reading CASEFLASH: The Sun Does Not Set on a Property Development Plan

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    A New Age of Conveyancing Leaders

    “I am so proud of our industry and how far we’ve come.” Peta Stewart, Peta Stewart Conveyancing “This is the pinnacle of my career.” Merrill Phillips, Stacks Law On Saturday… Continue reading A New Age of Conveyancing Leaders

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    Interoperability – I‘ve heard the word but what’s it all about?

    As we approach the 1 July 2019, NSW Office of Registrar General electronic conveyancing mandate, the next issue to be progressed is the feasibility of “interoperability” within the national electronic… Continue reading Interoperability – I‘ve heard the word but what’s it all about?

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    Do You Need a New Year’s Resolution Reset?

    Confession time: year after year, many of the New Year’s resolutions I’ve set in the midst of the festive season – such as giving up caffeine and leading a calm… Continue reading Do You Need a New Year’s Resolution Reset?

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