Take the law… Carter Capner Law's Queensland law digest

The December update of the REIQ residential land contract includes a half-hearted attempt to avert opportunistic terminations and forfeited deposits (more…)

In a joint judgment, three appeal judges last week admonished QC Syd Williams for a “lack of understanding about domestic tasks” over trivialising gratuitous (more…)

A Beenleigh solicitor was exonerated on Thursday after the Supreme Court decided he had not been responsible for any misappropriation of sale proceeds where he had accepted a deposit of title deeds (more…)

The plaintiff claimed her massage therapist had misrepresented his qualifications as to “counseling”, had inappropriately advised her on personal relationships and engaged in sexual (more…)

Can occupiers escape liability for defective stairs if a plaintiff merely “loses their footing” ? How much loss of earning capacity applies to someone already significantly impaired?

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The NZ embassy in Canberra has now responded to demands about misleading and deceptive injury compensation statements on its website by agreeing that they be immediately removed. (more…)

This morning’s Australian carried a front-page story quoting senior practitioner Brian Bartley’s September Proctor editorial that attacks personal injury lawyers. (more…)

A Queensland court ordered this morning that a defendant be served with a compensation claim by way of SMS message to his mobile phone. (more…)

The extent of an agent’s duty to his client seller in relation to the sale of a home in Tarragindi Brisbane was the subject of a Queensland court decision in June. (more…)

The unfair contract provisions of The Australian Consumer Law (TACL) are now law and any offending terms in standard form real estate and finance contracts for “consumers”, are void. (more…)