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Assignment of Mortgage & Loan Agreement in Dispute
The issue of an Assignment of Mortgage came under dispute in a recent Supreme Court of Western Australia ruling. Was the transfer of loans to a third party valid?
In La Trobe v MDVest [2017], the borrowers disputed three prior judgments in favour of the lender. They contended that the lender was not entitled to judgment in each action. The borrowers presented a number of reasons for resisting judgment, including the issue of Assignment.
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Construction of Contractual Terms & Priority Between Lenders
Construction of contractual terms and the concept of priority between secured lenders.
In AET SPV Management Pty Limited v Wildfire Amusements Pty Ltd the court was required to construe an agreement to determine whether a mortgagee had agreed to postpone the priority of its first registered mortgage in favour of another lender.
