[Link] $35m chalets, $14,000 bottles of wine and $700 tips: Russians made this town rich. Now they have vanished

Read: 10/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

Before the war against Ukraine started just over a month ago, the exclusive French ski resort of Courchevel was buzzing with wealthy Russians. They constituted 7 per cent of its tourist population, but in terms of the town's income, Russia's elite were a goldmine.

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[Link] ‘They’re going to meet their Waterloo’: grandma wins remarkable legal battle against developer

Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

When Tracey Anne Higgins squared off against a wealthy retirement village operator trying to use squatter’s rights to claim ownership of her family’s land, she knew one thing for certain. She wasn’t wrong.

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[Link] Retirement village owner uses squatters’ rights in court bid to claim Sydney property

Read: 22/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

The operator of a private retirement village attempted to stop a woman taking possession of her deceased grandparents’ land on the fringes of Sydney, claiming it as their own using squatters’ rights.

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