Iron Bastion’s cybersecurity expert Gabor Szathmari, recently published novel research on abandoned domains, and how they are a significant cyber risk which threatens businesses and in particular the Australian conveyancing… Continue reading Researchers raise alarms about a new cyber threat affecting conveyancing practices
Government changes to super will benefit people at the start of their home-owning journey and those later in life looking to downsize. Two Federal government housing affordability schemes that involve… Continue reading First home buyers and downsizers set to reap super benefits
Conveyancers in New South Wales are increasingly embracing Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) online electronic settlement platform as the state continues to progress towards a digitised industry. With standalone transfers and… Continue reading Electronic Conveyancing
For all electronic dealings, a Client Authorisation is now required to authorise a conveyancer to act as their client’s agent and to sign conveyancing transactions on their client’s behalf. Client… Continue reading Is Your Dealing Authorised?
In Ku-ring-gai Council v Chan (2017) NSWCA 226, the NSW Court of Appeal considered the issue of whether Ku-ring-gai Council (the Council) owed the subsequent purchasers of a renovated property… Continue reading Case law updates – Do certifiers owe a duty of care to prospective purchasers when issuing an occupation certificate?
In the case of Yangdo Pty Ltd v Equiti Group Pty Ltd (2017) NSWSDC 277, Yangdo (the Landlord) argued that Equiti (the Lessee) incorrectly relied on a letter that allegedly… Continue reading Case law updates – Subsequent conduct may demonstrate the existence of a new agreement
In Klein v McMahon (2017) NSWSC 1531, Klein (the Purchaser) sought an order of specific performance against Mr and Mrs McMahon (the Vendors). The Vendors had attempted to rescind the… Continue reading Case law updates – The sunset clause: Failure to meet notice requirements are fatal
Recognising that a core reputational component of any profession is the ethical conduct of its members, we have recently introduced into the AICNSW education program several sessions on the topic… Continue reading Ethical Conduct – An Essay
Conveyancers are seeing business opportunities in the provision of conveyancing services to legal practitioners. Before entering into any such arrangement, however, there are range of factors that conveyancers should consider,… Continue reading Regulatory issues in the performance of conveyancing services for legal practitioners (Scenario 2)
Conveyancers are seeing business opportunities in the provision of conveyancing services to legal practitioners. Before entering into any such arrangement, however, there are range of factors that conveyancers should consider,… Continue reading Regulatory issues in the performance of conveyancing services for legal practitioners (Scenario 1)
