Written Project: You are to:

Review the (2) two articles:

'Case Delivers Warning to Property Agents & Vendors On Sales Tactics' and

'FOCUS: REAL ESTATE SPRUIKING HAS ITS LIMITS'.

These two articles relate to the same NSW legal case Zhang v VP302 SPV & Ors [2009] NSWSC 73.

[Although these are NSW cases it is relevant to any state and territory]

You can access these articles in this course's resources:

Article: 'Case Delivers Warning to Property Agents & Vendors On Sales Tactics'

Article: 'FOCUS: REAL ESTATE SPRUIKING HAS ITS LIMITS'

Your Task

You are required to prepare a short written project referring to this legal case.

In your project, you need to cover the following points:

A description of the unethical practice

An explanation of how the unethical practices relates to consumer protection requirements

An explanation of which real estate ethical standards and codes of conduct apply to this prosecution

What would have demonstrated ethical practice in this scenario?

If you were working in an agency and you were in a situation in which there was a discrepancy between unethical practice and ethical practice, describe the options available to you, including two sources of specialist advice that you could use.