Property disputes can be complicated and emotionally draining for the owner of a property. Whether dealing with boundary disputes, landlord-tenant conflicts, or disagreements over property ownership, having a knowledgeable legal advocate by your side is essential.
Navigating property laws in Sydney requires legal advice and expertise, making hiring a New South Wales property disputes lawyer from Szabo & Associates Solicitors crucial.
Australian Property Law
It is important to have a general knowledge of how property law in Australia works to understand how disputes over property are handled. Property can be real or personal. Real property refers to land and anything permanently attached, such as buildings, structures, and trees.
Personal property refers to items not attached to land and can be moved between locations, such as vehicles, furniture, and intellectual property rights. These categories are fundamental concepts in property law and have different legal characteristics and rules governing ownership, transfer, use, and protection.
Types of property disputes
Common types of property matters and disputes our law firm handles include:
- Boundary: These occur when neighboring property owners disagree about the location of their property boundaries.
- Easement: These involve disagreements over the use of easements and may arise due to differences over their scope, location, or maintenance of land, like the right to drain water or use a piece of road to carry goods.
- Landlord-tenant: These can arise in residential, commercial, or retail leasing arrangements and commonly include disputes over rentpayments, lease terms, property maintenance, repairs, eviction proceedings, and breach of lease agreements.
- Property development: These can arise during the planning, construction, or post-construction phases of a development project and may involve arguments over zoning regulations, planning approvals, building permits, construction defects, delays, cost overruns, or contractual disputes with contractors and subcontractors.
- Co-ownership: These occur when multiple parties, such as joint tenants and tenants in common, own a property together, and disagreements arise over how to manage, use, or sell the property.
- Nuisance claims: These involve disputes between property owners or occupants over activities or conditions on neighboring properties that interfere with the use or enjoyment of their property.
- Title: These arise when there are disagreements over ownership or title to a property.
- Caveat: These refer to disagreements involving a caveat lodged against a property’s title that indicates a party’s interest in a property and serves as a warning to potential buyers or lenders that there may be an unresolved legal interest or claim affecting the property.
Navigating dispute resoution options
Our dispute lawyers will help you avoid costly litigation in NSW’s Supreme Court or Land and Environment Court when possible. We will explore alternative dispute resolution methods, including mediation and arbitration.
Mediation involves an impartial third party facilitating negotiations between the parties in conflict. Arbitration also involves a neutral, independent party who makes a legally binding decision on the dispute involved after considering evidence and arguments presented by both parties.
Contact us for help with your Property Dispute
If you are dealing with a property dispute in NSW, contact our property disputes lawyers at Szabo & Associates Solicitors for help resolving your disagreement. Please call us on {{CONTACT_NUMBER}} to learn about the legal services we offer to help you settle your property dispute or complete the online contact form.