Advice practitioners need to give purchasers when vendors are in breach of the contract of sale, to enable the purchasers to make informed decisions.
Many of these issues are also relevant to advising vendors who have breached the contract.
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The Sale of Land Act 1962 (Vic) regulates a vendor’s right to end a contract of sale pursuant to a ‘sunset clause’ in residential off the plan sale contracts (ROTP contracts).
There is a good reason why you should always include a water information certificate in a section 32 statement. The certificates will show the water and sewer lines, which are unregistered easements, and need to be disclosed.
LPLC continues to see claims involving land transfer duty (stamp duty) and other state property taxes.
The Legal Practitioners’ Liability Committee (LPLC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Maini as LPLC’s new Chief Executive Officer from 6 January 2025.
The LPLC Annual Report for 2023–2024 was tabled in the Victorian Parliament on 31 October 2024.
The Victorian Government has introduced the State Tax Amendment Bill 2024 which, amongst other taxation changes, will (if passed) broaden the holiday home exemption to allow shareholders of companies, as well as certain beneficiaries of trusts and relatives of those shareholders and beneficiaries, to satisfy the exemption for a property owned by a company or trust.
