Protecting the Family Home
Posted on April 28, 2022
Business persons, company directors and professionals such as doctors, lawyers, accountants, engineers and architects are always at risk of…
Corporate and Commercial
The new Director Identification Number scheme – Basics and Deadlines
Posted on December 16, 2021
Company directors in Australia will soon need to have been issued with a unique digital identifier, a Director Identification Number…
When is a licence really a franchise?
Posted on July 07, 2021
If you plan on licensing your trade marks, brands, or other IP, it’s super important to consider whether the licence agreement is in…
Franchising Alert – a revised Code is now in force
Posted on July 02, 2021
If you are a franchisor or franchisee (or are thinking of becoming one), you need to know that the franchising code has recently been…
Viagogo and iSelect – two recent wins for consumers
Posted on October 16, 2020
Two unconnected cases show that big businesses who try to take advantage of consumers can get punished if their conduct is misleading or…
The king and li-ability as an "officer" of a company
Posted on March 19, 2020
In March 2020, the High Court unanimously overturned a decision of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Queensland (Court of Appeal)…
Valid Signing of Legal Documents – Electronic Signatures
Posted on November 20, 2019
In this age of electronic communications and documents, we are often asked to advise on how a legal document can be signed validly. There…
Sale of Business - Liability for Employee Entitlements (part two)
Posted on April 11, 2018
The allocation of liability for accrued employee entitlements requires careful treatment in the sale and purchase of a business. Last month…
Sale of business - liability for employee entitlements
Posted on March 05, 2018
The allocation of liability for accrued employee entitlements requires careful treatment in the sale and purchase of a business. Some…
Tax Deductible Gift Recipient Reform Update
Posted on December 11, 2017
On 28 August 2017 we published our legal update on proposed reforms to the Tax Deductible Gift Recipient not-for-profit review by the…
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