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

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

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

Max Brown Real Estate: Dodgy Advice & Conflicting Interests
08 January 08 09:16 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd It is fitting that the logo of Max Brown Real Estate should depict the estate agent as a shadowy faceless figure, as it suggests Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Contract, ethics, conflict of interests, legal advice, max brown real estate

Gold Coast Law Association Slams Agents And Calls For Contract Reforms
10 December 07 05:50 AM | Peter Mericka | 11 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Solicitors, not estate agents, should prepare sales contracts. This is the view of the Gold Coast District Law Association which has called for Queensland to be brought Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Contract, Consumer Affairs, ethics, conflict of interests

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

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