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
The Supreme Court, in different cases where one or more of the parties have had a conveyancer act in a transaction, has found that the conveyancer had, prior to the… Continue reading Obligation of conveyancers to assess capacity
Case Study – September 2022 Incident background An AIC NSW Member (the Member) experienced a phishing incident from an unknown caller (the Threat Actor), claiming to be an Optus contact.… Continue reading AICNSW Cyber Triage Service: A Case Study
There are quick and easy steps you can take to review and possibly improve your financial position. The end of a financial year is an excellent time to check in… Continue reading To good financial health
Did you know that the ATO corrects approximately 45,000 forms a year? The ATO has noticed common form errors being submitted by purchasers and suppliers. It’s important to recognise the… Continue reading GST at Settlement: Common Errors & e-Conveyancing
Well, if you were to try and pen a summary of the year that was, you could just use one word: bizarre. Personally, I prefer that term to the word… Continue reading 2020: A year we will all remember!
