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I would think it would be a capital expense, not immediately deductible, but adding to the cost base for CGT purposes.

As far as I'm aware, yes. But it's set a precedent that overturned the previously accepted beliefs regarding security of title. Because debtors now know that the Courts will uphold their rights regarding writs served in the few hours prior to settlement, debtors can now *target* that timeframe...

Yes, but they'll charge you exactly the same. Property transactions are happening all day, every day, so these agencies have areas set up to deal with these requests, and the charge quoted by the solicitor/conveyancer is the charge that the organisation imposes to offset the cost of dealing with...

It has been discussed on the forum many times, and is common practise the past couple of years. People who haven't transacted property recently may not be quite as familiar, as prior to Black v Garnock it wasn't considered necessary to routinely lodge a caveat.

It's not to do with existing caveats; it's precisely because of caveats that you're not aware of, which may be lodged prior to title transfer, that you need to protect yourself. I'm surprised the caveat issue wasn't mentioned, as that's conveyancing 101 these days. 1) You should read the...