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Chandler’s power boost as phoenixing under fire

  • 23/11/2023
  • Author Jimmy-T

Dodgy developers who use phoenixing schemes to defraud apartment buyers and deprive them of their legal rights will suffer another blow next week when the NSW parliament is expected to…

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    Podcast: Power grabs and fraudsters – two rants

    • 29/11/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    This week’s podcast is short but not very sweet (despite it being our 200th). Sue is away in the UK, which allows me to vent about a couple of issues…

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      From the Forum – Flap over funny finances

      • 08/05/2019
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Most of the arguments in strata come down to money.  Even disputes over visitor parking end up with “I own a share of this and visitors haven’t paid a cent…

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        Rant: Time we jailed serial ‘phoenix’ developers?

        • 04/03/2016
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        A couple of stories have come to my attention in the past couple of days that, frankly, have me lurching from rage to revulsion. In both cases, highly profitable development…

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