Szabo & Associates News & Updates

Landlords are required to provide their prospective retail tenants with a Disclosure Statement which gives an overview of the key terms of the lease.

An easement gives a person the right to use a neighbour’s land without actual possession. A common example of a ‘private’ easement is a right of way to pass through a neighbour’s property to get to your own. An example of a ‘statutory’ easement is an ‘easement for services’ such as electricity. Easements are usually but not always registered on the title to the property.

When partners decide to separate, a key issue to be addressed, among others, is how they are going to divide up their property between them.

There are many things landlords are prohibited from doing in terms of how they may conduct themselves with their tenants or potential tenants in a retail premises lease. Areas of contention include the concept of unconscionable behaviour or a party acting in a misleading or deceptive way either as part of lease negotiations or post-contractual conduct.

A new procedure could provide greater transparency when it comes to superannuation assets in a property settlement negotiation.