It has been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The same could be said for the road to the courts, when families come into dispute over property arrangements. Recently, the Queensland Supreme Court considered an appropriate outcome for the failure of a “granny flat” arrangement – where Bonnie C came […]
Back in 2014, QBM Lawyers successfully applied to dismiss proceedings claiming the clawback (repayment) of over $1M in leasing incentives which were claimed to be repayable because of the termination of the lease. This was in the matter of GWC Property Group Pty Ltd v Higginson [2014] QSC 264 (“the GWC Decision”). Common kinds of […]
In commercial leases, often a landlord will for various reasons not want the tenant to exercise its option to extend the lease term. Those reasons could include: Regardless, tenants should always approach the exercise of their option carefully and formally, as it is easy to lose the option right if it is not exercised properly. […]
Well there is a lot of that getting around in Queensland, with the recent increases in property values. Even where property is owned by an individual, land tax is assessed on its unimproved value insofar as it exceeds $599,999, so this year there have been a number of people receiving bills for land tax because […]
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