Year: 2019

In October 2018, the Council of the AICNSW conferred on Mr Paul Denny the status of Life Membership to recognise his significant contribution to the conveyancing profession in NSW. Paul,… Continue reading AICNSW Life Membership: Paul Denny

AICNSW was pleased to again sponsor this year’s Macquarie University Conveyancing Law and Practice Prize Night on 22nd July 2019, and to celebrate the Graduating Class of 2018 which has… Continue reading Annual Macquarie University Law and Practice Prize Night

The case of Guirgis v JEA Developments Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 164 provides an important lesson to licenced conveyancers of the possible consequences that they may face by improperly supporting… Continue reading The Caveat to Being a Licenced Conveyancer: Court Emphasises Heightened Standard of Care

Conveyancers have been early adaptors of electronic conveyancing, which will be mandatory for all mainstream property transactions in NSW from 1 July 2019. As we head towards this date, it… Continue reading Professional Duties and Email Security for Conveyancers

In Wynne Avenue Property Pty Ltd v MJHQ Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCATAP 41, Wynne Avenue Property (the Lessor) sought to terminate MJHQ Pty Ltd’s (the Lessee) using a demolition clause… Continue reading Lessee’s Retail Lease Demolished: Demolition Clauses and Termination

Changes to super that are set to come into effect on 1 July 2019 have serious implications for those potentially affected in relation to insurance cover. Super fund members who… Continue reading Inactive Super Fund Accounts May Lose Insurance Cover

With the 1 July mandate fast approaching, a number of firms have come into existence offering to act as ‘Settlement Agents’ on the PEXA system for those firms/practitioners who (for… Continue reading Electronic Settlements Using Third Party Agents

In Campbell v Hamilton [2019] NSWCA 22, the appellant sought to argue that though he had agreed to grant an easement to the respondent, this easement did not bind future… Continue reading Easing Out of Easements is Not Easy: Successors in Title Bound by an Easement

The case of McFarland v Gertos [2018] NSWSC 1629 is one which garnered significant media interest. Bill Gertos (the Defendant) took possession of a vacant (seemingly abandoned) property in 1998… Continue reading Adverse Possession: When Risk Brings Reward

As an industry we are soon approaching the next in a series of milestones in the transition to e-Conveyancing, with all mainstream transactions in NSW required to be lodged electronically… Continue reading It Takes a Village: Our Journey to 100% Digital Property Settlements