Handling Property Settlement Failures: Practical Solutions and Preventative Measures
Gain practical strategies and legal insights to manage the challenges of property settlement failures as you learn how to:
- Navigate legal obligations and remedies, including the legislative and contractual frameworks governing settlement failures
- Manage default scenarios, such as breaches of contract, issuing notices, and enforcing settlement terms
- Navigate drafting protective clauses to mitigate risks, including penalty clauses, time extensions, and termination options
- Explore litigation and dispute resolution strategies to handle settlement disputes effectively
- Analyse recent case law and understand how courts approach settlement failure
Presented by Tony Cahill, Legal Author and Commentator
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Diane Skapinker, Principal, Skapinker Law; Leading Property & Real Estate Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2022-2024
Presenters
Tony Cahill, Legal Author and Commentator
Tony was admitted to practice in 1981. After 13 years with a medium-sized city law firm, Tony commenced practice on his own account at Chatswood. In July 2002, Tony moved from private practice to concentrate primarily on legal education and writing. He is a member of the Law Society’s Property Law and Environmental, Planning and Development Committees. He has also co-authored a number of publications and has been a part-time lecturer at various institutions, most recently the University of Sydney Law Extension Committee in Conveyancing.
Diane Skapinker, Principal, Skapinker Law
Diane works on her own account as a principal of Skapinker Law as well as consulting to the Ashurst real estate group where she specialises in property developments, strata and community titling, acquisitions, disposals, leasing and the property aspects of telecommunications and infrastructure projects. Diane was formerly an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Sydney lecturing in Real Property, Conveyancing and Equity and is a member of the NSW Law Society’s Property Law Committee and its subcommittee responsible for drafting the NSW standard form contract for the sale and purchase of land. Diane is recognised as a real estate lawyer by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Doyle's Guide and Best Lawyers Australia.
