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Fair Trading Nabs False Solicitor

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Gold Coast conveyancing clerk Anne Mullins and her company Simply Conveyancing Australia Pty Ltd have pleaded guilty to Office of Fair Trading charges that they falsely held themselves out as legal practitioners in breach of Sections 573A and 573C of ...

Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on January 11, 2008
Gold Coast Law Association Slams Agents And Calls For Contract Reforms

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer 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 into line with the long-established New South Wales practice whereby agents do not ...

Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on December 10, 2007
Agent Shafted by Deputy Watchdog

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer 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 he leased through a local agent. The tenant wanted to purchase the property. They ...

Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on October 5, 2007