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  • Book Exposes Real World Of Real Estate

    by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd   I was watching ''First Tuesday Book Club'' on ABC TV a few months ago, and I saw the host, Jennifer Byrne hold up a copy of Brendan Gullifer's book SOLD. According to Byrne, ''I thought it was tremendous fun. And ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on October 19, 2009

  • Did The Minister's Dog Eat Hubby's Homework?

    OPINIONby Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au   Former corruption investigator Tony Fitzgerald QC and former premier Wayne Goss recently charged that Queensland’s Beattie and Bligh governments had let the state slide back into its “dark past”. “Ethics are always tested by incumbency”, explained ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on August 5, 2009

  • REIV Votes Against Corruption Remedy

    OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd   I believe that the real estate industry in Victoria is the most corrupt in Australia. This is confirmed time and again, not only by the conduct of individual real estate agents, but also by the behaviour of ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on June 30, 2009

  • Goodman Group Conveyancing Bribe Payments

    OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd   Last year Scott Goodman, a licensed conveyancer and owner of Goodman Group Conveyancing, launched what he called the Goodman Group Conveyancing Referral Program - a scheme whereby a bribe of $150 is paid to a ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on April 4, 2009

  • Conveyancing Bribes - A New Growth Industry

    OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd   Since Scott Goodman of Goodman Group Conveyancing started his ''Goodman Group Conveyancing Referral Service'' bribery and corruption in the conveyancing and real estate industries of Victoria has shifted to ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on December 24, 2008

  • Conveyancing Corruption - Lawyers Too!

    OPINIONby Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.BSolicitorConsumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au (Following on from ''Licensed Conveyancer Corruption Must Be Stopped'', Tim O'Dwyer reports on a lawyer conveyancer's attempt to attract referrals from real estate agents. Readers are also referred to Tim's posting Catch 32 On Solicitors' Independence ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on November 24, 2008

  • Licensed Conveyancer Corruption Must Be Stopped!

    OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd   An Appeal To The Australian Institute Of Conveyancers (Victorian Division) (AICVIC) The Australian Institute of Conveyancers (Victorian Division) Inc. (AICVIC) regards itself as the peak body representing ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on November 24, 2008
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