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2024
18
Jan

Mahoneys featured in resort news

By: Mahoneys

Mahoneys’ was recently featured in Resort News – the magazine for the accommodation industry professional – where: John Mahoney, alongside…

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2023
19
Dec

Mahoneys donates $5000 to the Mater Foundation

By: Mahoneys

Members of the Mahoneys’ Property Team had the privilege of presenting the Mater Foundation with a cheque for $5000 at…

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20
Sep

Mahoneys featured in Resort News

By: Mahoneys

John Mahoney was recently featured in Resort News – the magazine for the accommodation industry professional – where he discussed…

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31
Jul

John Mahoney receives Lifetime of Service Award

By: Mahoneys

John Mahoney’s longstanding commitment to the accommodation industry was recognised at ARAMA’s night of nights – where he received a…

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27
Apr

Mahoneys recognised in Doyles

By: Mahoneys

Mahoneys has again been recognised as a leading Property & Real Estate Law Firm in Doyle’s Guide to the Australian…

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20
Mar

Mahoneys featured in Resort News

By: Mahoneys

John Mahoney was recently featured in Resort News – the magazine for the accommodation industry professional – where he discussed…

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15
Feb

Mahoneys secures an important victory for the management rights industry

By: John Mahoney

In a recent QCAT trial Mahoneys secured a victory for the resident manager in a claim brought by the body…

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20
Jan

Mahoneys featured in Resort News

By: Mahoneys

John Mahoney  was recently featured in Resort News – the magazine for the accommodation industry professional – where he discussed…

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2022
01
Dec

Trends in management rights fees and charges

By: Mahoneys

Mahoneys’ Partner John Mahoney recently joined Trevor Rawnsley (ARAMA – Australian Resident Accommodation Managers Association) and Tony Rossiter (Holman) to discuss major…

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21
Oct

An evening with Mahoneys

By: Mahoneys

We recently hosted our annual “Evening with Mahoneys” where John Mahoney provided an update on industry trends and current issues.…

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14
Oct

Queensland Government’s review into Management Rights

By: Mahoneys

John Mahoney recently joined Trevor Rawnsley (CEO of the Australian Resident Accommodation Manager’s Association (ARAMA) to discuss the Queensland Government’s…

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26
Sep

What is happening with Term?

By: John Mahoney

Not surprisingly we have recently fielded many enquiries from current and potential new managers about the campaign to reduce and…

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14
Sep

Mahoneys Featured in Resort News

By: Mahoneys

John Mahoney was recently featured in Resort News – the magazine for the accommodation industry professional – where he discussed how…

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27
Jul

Can a manager profit from advertising?

By: John Mahoney

Despite having written articles about this issue in the past, I am regularly asked by clients, sales brokers and others…

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06
Apr

Mahoneys Recognised In Doyle’s

By: Mahoneys

Mahoneys has been recognised as a leading Queensland Property & Real Estate Law Firm in Doyle’s Guide to the Australian…

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01
Feb

Celebrating 20 years in business

By: Mahoneys

Today marks a significant milestone in the firm’s history – it is 20 years since Mahoney Lawyers commenced trading.   …

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12
Jan

Mahoneys featured in Resort News

By: Mahoneys

Mahoneys’ Partners were featured in Resort News’ most recent magazine for the accommodation industry professional, where they discussed. whether a…

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2021
17
Dec

Can management rights agreements be “topped-up” more than once?

By: John Mahoney

John Mahoney was recently featured in Resort News where he discussed an article claiming that, contrary to current industry practice,…

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10
Dec

Mahoneys featured in Resort News spotlight series

By: Mahoneys

Mahoneys Partner John Mahoney was featured in Resort News’ spotlight on the Brisbane managements rights sector. Having being involved in…

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01
Oct

BCsystems manager forum

By: Mahoneys

Last night Mahoneys partners John Mahoney and Todd Garsden  joined Trudy Crooks (Resort Brokers), Matthew Savage (BCsystems) and approximately 100…

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27
Sep

Don’t let your letting appointments let you down!

By: John Mahoney

It is rare that a week goes by that I am not asked to look at a letting appointment –…

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27
Sep

Mahoneys featured in Resort News

By: Mahoneys

Mahoneys was featured in the latest edition of Resort News, where John Mahoney discussed: whether body corporate by-laws could be…

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02
Sep

By-laws cannot prevent holiday letting

By: Mahoneys

By Mitchell Downes, a former Mahoneys partner now practising as a barrister. This paper has been prepared in response to…

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30
Aug

What makes a successful resident manager

By: John Mahoney

Almost 30 years ago at the first management rights information seminar at which I presented, one of the first speakers…

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27
Aug

Mahoneys featured in Resort News magazine

By: Mahoneys

Mahoneys’ partners were featured in Resort News magazine, where they: provided an update on the significant legislative change that limits…

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25
Aug

Victoria – Update on off-the-plan term limits

By: John Mahoney

As we reported in early 2020 the Victorian Government introduced legislation which sought to limit the term of management rights…

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06
Aug

Service Provider of the Year

By: Mahoneys

Mahoneys has been awarded Australian Resident Accommodation Managers Association (ARAMA) Service Provider of the Year for the third year in…

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15
Jun

Management Rights, Leasebacks & Covid-19

By: John Mahoney

As readers of previous articles I have written will be aware, I have never been a great fan of leasebacks.…

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31
May

Mahoneys featured in Resort News magazine

By: John Mahoney

Mahoneys Partner John Mahoney was featured in this month’s Resort News magazine  click here for Resort News Article  where he…

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25
Feb

New Body Corporate Regulations

By: John Mahoney

As some of you may have heard, a raft of new body corporate laws will commence 1 March 2021. Whilst most…

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2020
17
Dec

Over 100 managers attend Mahoneys event

By: John Mahoney

In a year of limited face to face events, we were pleased to have over 100 management rights caretakers attend…

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19
Jun

Managers Must Not Project Manage

By: John Mahoney

In Queensland individuals and companies must hold a QBCC licence to carry out building work valued at over $3,300. Most…

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19
Jun

Mahoneys fighting for managers

By: John Mahoney

Many readers will have seen in the press that Mahoneys recently launched legal action in the High Court on behalf…

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25
Mar

Management Rights and the Coronavirus – some guidance amongst the uncertainty

By: John Mahoney

You will be unsurprised to learn that over the past few days we have fielded many questions from resident managers…

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20
Feb

You Cannot Be Serious!

By: John Mahoney

In the many years in which I have been practising in the area of management rights I have heard some…

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15
Jan

Victoria to limit term of management rights agreements

By: John Mahoney

In a move which has caught the industry by surprise the Victorian Government has introduced legislation which seeks to limit…

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2019
31
Oct

Avoiding disputes

By: John Mahoney

As I began to gather my thoughts before writing this article, I thought back to the night of the ARAMA…

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31
Oct

Stop reading this article

By: John Mahoney

Instead, go and check the option exercise dates in your management rights agreements and deeds of variation where you or…

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01
Aug

Assignments made difficult

By: John Mahoney

A few short years ago I wrote an article “Let’s not kill the goose” where I expressed concern that the…

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11
Feb

The compliance challenge

By: John Mahoney

In this modern world of extreme regulatory control it should perhaps come as no surprise to most readers that there…

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25
Jan

Why a lot owner deed is so important

By: John Mahoney

A recent decision of the Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management (OCBCCM) has highlighted the importance…

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2018
29
Jun

The goose, the golden egg and the assignment

By: John Mahoney

In an article I wrote some 5 years ago I expressed concern at a trend in management rights of inexperienced…

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27
Jun

Uncertainty around short term letting

By: John Mahoney

For a variety of reasons we have in recent months fielded many enquiries about short term lettings. Some clients have…

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17
Jan

Sellers beware

By: John Mahoney

At a recent forum held on the Gold Coast and attended by most of the leading management rights lawyers, accountants,…

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17
Jan

Forget It!

By: John Mahoney

Over the course of 2017 we have seen multiple cases of managers forgetting to exercise their options or failing to…

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2017
08
Nov

Get that top up right!

By: John Mahoney

Extending the terms of management and letting agreements is something dear to the hearts of most resident managers. The way in…

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24
Aug

Off the plan – off the boil?

By: John Mahoney

With the huge number of new unit projects coming on line in the past couple of years, and more following,…

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24
Aug

Lessons from The Rocks

By: John Mahoney

Following the successful Court of Appeal decision relating to the resident manager at The Rocks Resort at Currumbin, it is…

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12
Jul

When a deposit is paid by electronic transfer, when is it legally considered ‘paid’?

By: John Mahoney

The District Court recently had to consider if a deposit payable under a house sale contract was paid on the…

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05
May

Why you need expertise up front

By: John Mahoney

Perhaps unsurprisingly many new entrants to the management rights industry look to save money on legal and other fees when…

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2016
19
Dec

What have I bought?

By: John Mahoney

I was recently asked to speak at a function where the attendees were predominantly resident managers who had purchased their…

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19
Dec

I want my top up

By: John Mahoney

Top ups, the process by which the term of management rights agreements are extended, is an essential component of the…

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18
Jul

When all else fails, do you sack the committee?

By: John Mahoney

Experience in the management rights industry gained over more than 25 years tells me that the best run buildings are…

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27
Apr

Can a class 3 building be used for long term residential use?

By: John Mahoney

This issue arose when we were consulted by an onsite manager of a complex originally approved and operated as a…

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15
Feb

Making the most from POA

By: John Mahoney

By the time this article is published I expect that the ARAMA Roadshow being conducted throughout the State will be…

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