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It is not uncommon for a loan to be made (eg from a parent to a child, to buy a home or improve it) which is repayable when the borrower sells their home. It is also not uncommon for this loans to come into dispute because the borrower does not sell their home for various […]

Oddly enough, the ownership of fixtures and fittings is quite often a very hot – and expensive – topic at the end of the lease. The fitout that cost hundreds of thousands to put in can cost plenty to remove, with many landlords wanting premises to be returned to an empty configuration. This can in […]

Builder collapses (liquidation or administration) are putting subcontractors at substantial risk not only in relation to money that is owed, but money that they have already been paid. Justin Mathews of QBM Lawyers provides expert advice in relation to building matters. He is an accredited specialist in commercial litigation and a registered adjudicator under Queensland’s […]

https://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2022/QSC22-041.pdf Rather than reading a 10th hand account of this on facebook (if anyone is still interested) feel free to review the decision of the Queensland Supreme Court at the above link given 5 April, 2022, dealing with whether the Chief Health Officer was required to give reasons for three directions made in respect of […]