Professional Duties and Email Security for Conveyancers

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

Lessee’s Retail Lease Demolished: Demolition Clauses and Termination

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

Inactive Super Fund Accounts May Lose Insurance Cover

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

Electronic Settlements Using Third Party Agents

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

Easing Out of Easements is Not Easy: Successors in Title Bound by an Easement

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