Sale of Land Dispute
We settled a sale of land contract dispute. Our client contracted to buy a strata unit, subject to the standard REIWA Major Structural Defect provisions. Our client obtained a report which indicated major structural defects in relation to some outside walls. The seller tried to argue that the outside walls were a strata property issue, […]
Messy Dispute- Thinking Outside the Box
My clients bought a block of land with a friend’s company, then went guarantors on a another loan to the company, and ended up owing the bank $1 million after the friend died a bankrupt and his company went broke and was facing deregistration. Well, after: … the saga finally came to an end last […]
Fast Resolution of a Dispute
We sent a demand letter naming all of the following as proposed defendants to a court action: The sales rep for a house and land package for misleading and deceptive conduct; Her employer, the builder, and its sole director for putting her up to it; A company which purported to sell our client a block […]
Incomplete Sale of Land
We had a new matter this week involving a contract for the sale of land. Our client is a company that owns a villa. The directors are a husband and wife. The husband thought the wife wished to sell, so he put the house on the market, an offer was made, and he signed the […]