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ARTICLE · 03 NOVEMBER 2026

What Does A Mortgage Actually Secure? The Limits To Recovering Potential Costs

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Can a lender hold onto its mortgage over the borrower’s property not merely as security for the money it loaned, but also as protection against potential claims the borrower might bring against it? And if so, when must the lender say it requires this protection? These were the questions the lender and the borrower faced in the case of Evolve Wealth Corp Pty Ltd v QB Finance Pty Ltd [2026] QSC 46.

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Nigel Hsieh
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Can a lender hold onto its mortgage over the borrower’s property not merely as security for the money it loaned, but also as protection against potential claims the borrower might bring against it? And if so, when must the lender say it requires this protection? These were the questions the lender and the borrower faced in the case of Evolve Wealth Corp Pty Ltd v QB Finance Pty Ltd [2026] QSC 46.

The Court unpacks the boundary between what a mortgage actually secures and what it does not and whether a lender can require security for costs against potential claims from the borrower as a condition to discharge of mortgage after the borrower has already offered to pay, or in legal terms, tendered.

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