This book covers the key legal issues that are pertinent to real estate agents in Queensland. While the central focus of this book is property transactions, it also extends to, and is designed to cover all areas of a real estate practice from preparing contracts, privacy laws to employment issues but does not include property management.

Queensland real estate agents operate in a rapidly evolving and increasingly regulated legal environment. Now in its fourth edition, Real Estate Agency Law in Queensland has been fully updated to take account of the latest developments in legislation, including the associated regime of codes of conduct, standard form contracts, as well as case law.

Land Contracts in Queensland provides a thorough, user-friendly account of the law relating to buying and selling freehold land in Queensland. The authors analyze the substance of the transaction through the medium of standard contracts, and draw on a comprehensive range of court decisions relating to the area. There are chapters covering the role of the real estate agent, the disclosure regime for sellers and agents, the inclusion of special conditions, and stamp duty and GST implications. A lengthy chapter on the remedies available to parties upon default is also included. Notable amongst changes in the second edition are: New provisions in Property Agents and Motor Dealers' Act 2000 relating to formation of residential contracts both by paper copies and electronic means, and the giving of comparative price data to prospective buyers New provisions in Trade Practices Act 1974 allowing apportionment and contributory claims for misleading or deceptive conduct Incorporation of revised Asbestos Regulations Amendments to Real Estate Agents Codes of Conduct Extensive exposition on significant High Court decisions on time of the essence Incorporation of recent decisions in all chapters

Taking a fresh and modern approach to the subject, this fully revised and restructured textbook provides everything necessary to gain a good understanding of international commercial litigation. Adopting a comparative stance, it provides extensive coverage of US and Commonwealth law, in addition to the core areas of English and EU law. Extracts from key cases and legislative acts are designed to meet the practical requirements of litigators as well as explaining the ideas behind legal provisions. Significant updates include coverage of new case-law from the Court of Justice of the European Union. Of particular importance has been a set of judgments on jurisdiction in tort for pure financial loss, many of which have involved investment loss. New case law from the English courts, including the Supreme Court, and from the Supreme Court of the United States, is also covered.

Useful guide for real estate agents and text for students on estate agency law and practice. This is the fifth edition which updates legislative and other changes up to 1 March 1994 and incorporates important judicial decisions since the last edition was published in 1991. The five part text covers the current syllabus for the legal subjects in property agency courses offered by NSW TAFE colleges. Discusses contracts and the legal system; sale, purchase and conveyancing practice; other transactions with land; the rights and obligations of the real estate agent; and relevant legislation. Includes a table of cases, table of statutes and an index. The author is associate professor of law at Macquarie University.