Dear Conveyancing Professionals, As you guide your clients through the property purchasing process in New South Wales, it is essential to consider the risks and potential costs associated with properties… Continue reading Is Your Client’s Dream Home Flagged as Bushfire-Prone or at Bushfire Risk?
As a conveyancer, understanding survey plans is essential for ensuring accurate property transactions. However, deciphering the technical language and nuances of these plans can be challenging. Our recent workshop, “Demystifying… Continue reading Plan Reading for Conveyancers Workshop
Well, we are now into a new financial year, and it is an opportune time for you to reflect on a key aspect of your business: your fees. As we… Continue reading A New Financial Year: Time to raise your fees
An extract from Early Deeds, Convict Attorneys and Certified Conveyancers by Dale Turner The politics surrounding the notion of Conveyancers as a legitimate independent legal service provider and an alternative… Continue reading “Certified Conveyancers” & Kerrigan’s Case
Foreword The Dye & Durham Docket’s June edition features a useful article titled “Stress In The Legal Profession: A Tale As Old As Time,” which we’ve reproduced below. While the… Continue reading High Stakes, High Stress: Is Poor Well-being an Inevitable Occupational Hazard of Legal Practice?
Conveyancers play a pivotal role in property transactions, tasked not only with navigating legal formalities but also, as recent cases have made clear, a responsibility to advise clients on a… Continue reading Beyond the Retainer: Advising Clients on Risks in Property Transactions
Is your purchaser client potentially liable for Surcharge Land Tax? If your client is a foreign person, they will potentially be liable to pay surcharge land tax. This is regardless… Continue reading Is your purchaser client potentially liable for …
Who gets to keep an option fee if the sale of land contract has been terminated? In Brief: This article examines the importance of understanding the terms and obligations… Continue reading Who gets to keep the option fee …
Limitations of the PEXA system and potential implications on the registration of a proprietary interest In Issue Whether an inaccurate description of a proprietary interest due to the requirements of… Continue reading Casenote: Brose v Slade [2022] NSWSC 1785
In brief – the NSW Court of Appeal in Shoal Bay Beach Constructions No. 1 Pty Ltd v Mark Hickey & the persons listed in Schedule A to the Notice… Continue reading Solicitor negligence case: NSW Court of Appeal overturns Supreme Court decision
