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Licensed Conveyancers - A Serious Risk For Consumers
18 November 08 04:41 PM | Peter Mericka | 10 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Consumer Advocate Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd I was motivated to write this article for www.AustralianRealEstateBlog.com.au after I had Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, conveyancers act, paul garson, goodman group, licensed conveyancer, stonnington conveyancing

Estate Agent Referrals - Punishment & Corruption
27 October 08 10:32 AM | Peter Mericka | 3 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd I have previously written about estate agents who refer clients to "pet" solicitors and conveyancers in return for payment, Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, Lawyer, referral, matthew hurlston, carnegie, sid jackson, ray white

Victoria's Section 32 Statements - Tread Warily In This Conveyancing Minefield
20 May 08 05:41 AM | Peter Mericka | 5 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Victoria’s solicitors have been informed by their Legal Practitioners’ Liability Committee (“LPLC”) that their mishandling of property conveyancing is one of the most Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Conveyancer, vendor statement, sale of land act, section 32, disclosure statement

Don't Be A Party To Mortgage Fraud!
27 February 08 06:49 AM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Last week I received this email: "Tim, I was wondering if you could help me with a strange clause. A woman wants to purchase a property for $500,000. She wants to get Read More...

Filed under: Estate agent, Conveyancer, Lawyer, mortgage, mortgage fraud, fraud, mortgage broker

Real Estate Agents Preying On Battlers
28 January 08 06:42 PM | Peter Mericka | 3 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd " Real Estate Agents Preying On Battlers " is the title of an article appearing on the ABC news website. I invite visitors to Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Estate agent, Conveyancer, Lawyer, Contract, Consumer Affairs, conflict of interests

The "Oh", "Really?" and "I Wish I Had Known That!" of Making an Offer and Organising Finance
24 January 08 09:55 AM | Shannyn Hunter | 7 Comments   

by Shannyn Hunter Conveyancer shannyn@lawyersconveyancing.com.au Lawyers Conveyancing On Monday morning purchasers can experience a real estate hangover. After a weekend of elation at finding their dream house and pressure from the agent to make an offer, Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Estate agent, Deposit, Conveyancer, Purchase, Lawyer, Deception, Finance, Sale, Agent, Residential, Valuation, Contract, finance condition, real estate, special condition, solicitor, legal advice

Ho-Hum Bodies Corporate Up For An Overhaul
05 November 07 12:07 PM | Shannyn Hunter | 1 Comments   

by Shannyn Hunter Conveyancer shannyn@lawyersconveyancing.com.au Lawyers Conveyancing The mundane life of large body corporates will be shaken up at the start of next year when the Owners Corporations Act 2006 takes effect. As reported by Wendy Mason Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Conveyancer, Purchase, Agent

Richard Wood Solicitors - Who Needs To Know?
20 September 07 08:24 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Conveyancer Consumer Advocate peter@lawyersconveyancing.com.au I have discussed the way in which payments to estate agents can become illegal secret commissions if they are not disclosed, and how the disclosure Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Estate agent, Conveyancer, Commission, Agent, referral, richard wood, secret commissions, ethics

Richard Wood Solicitors Letter – What If The Right Way Doesn’t Pay!
04 September 07 09:20 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Conveyancer Consumer Advocate peter@lawyersconveyancing.com.au In the absence of evidence to the contrary, we must assume that Richard Wood Solicitors and Barry Plant Real Estate have done everything the Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Estate agent, Conveyancer, Commission, Agent, referral, richard wood, secret commissions, ethics

Richard Wood Solicitors Letter - A Lawyer Responds
29 August 07 12:31 PM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd This is a comment submitted in response to the previous posting on this site. While I cannot help but be annoyed about the apparent Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, Lawyer, richard wood, secret commissions, ethics

Richard Wood Solicitors Letter – An Estate Agent Attacks
27 August 07 06:52 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd On 3 August, 2007 I published a posting titled " Richard Wood Solicitors – Gifts To Agents For Client Referrals ". On 13 August, Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Estate agent, Conveyancer, Lawyer, Commission, richard wood, secret commissions

Estate Agents Declared To Be Conveyancers!
11 May 07 04:45 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd At 3 p.m. on Wednesday 9 May, 2007 every real estate agent and estate agent representative in the State of Victoria was declared Read More...

Filed under: Estate agent, Conveyancer

Don't Trust Agents' Pet Solicitors Or Conveyancers
04 May 07 02:52 PM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer Solicitor* A solicitor, recently discharged from bankruptcy, has given an enforceable undertaking to Queensland’s Office of Fair Trading after consistently failing to comply properly with a consumer protection law. He is not the first. Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, Lawyer

Should conveyancing solicitors act for both parties?
04 May 07 10:21 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Tim O’Dwyer Queensland Solicitor & Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au The simple answer to the above question is no. But I guess many of us will, from time to time, act for both parties in conveyancing transactions. And, frankly, many Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Conveyancer, Lawyer

Conveyancers Leaving A Trail Of Destruction
04 May 07 10:12 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

I've just got off the phone from a distraught woman, let's call her "Fran", who should have been advised by her conveyancer to seek legal advice from a lawyer. Fran has been looking after "Uncle" (close family friend, not related), because Uncle's family Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer