Browse by Tags

• Agent
• bligh government
• conflict of interests
• Consumer Affairs
• consumer credit and other acts amendment bill
• Contract
• contract note
• contract of sale
• Conveyancing
• Estate agent
• ethics
• legal advice
• legal profession act 2007
• office of fair trading
• queensland
• tim o'dwyer

Move Over Marx Brothers, Here Comes the Bligh Government
15 August 08 09:17 AM | Peter Mericka | 6 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Real estate consumer protection goes west as a result of a convoluted dog’s breakfast amendment to the law, according to Tim O'Dwyer. Linda Lavarch MP noticed two Legal Read More...

Filed under: kerry shine, tim o'dwyer, consumer credit and other acts amendment bill, bligh government, legal profession act 2007

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

Deep North Agents "Re-licensed" to Practise Real Estate Law
10 January 08 09:00 AM | Peter Mericka | 17 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au From July 1st last year the role of Queensland real estate agents in preparing contracts was severely limited by law. Sit back, dear readers, as I now blow the whistle Read More...

Filed under: Contract, ethics, queensland, kerry shine, legal advice

Fair Trading No Longer Queensland's Neglected Orphan?
24 September 07 04:14 PM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Once, when Queensland’s Premier Peter Beattie was planning a ministerial reshuffle, I offered him this advice: the Fair Trading portfolio, because of its appalling real Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Affairs, queensland, office of fair trading, kerry shine