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21 Sep 2011
The Importance of Legal Risk Managment
What is Legal Risk Management? Effective legal risk management involves the development of suitable strategies to...
21 Sep 2011
Misleading and Deceptive Conduct
2010 ushered in substantial changes to Australia’s consumer protection laws. Whilst much has changed, including the...
19 Sep 2011
Supplying Goods or Services: New Personal Property Securities Act 2009
New Laws: Suppliers of Goods, Customer Insolvency & the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 Starting early 2012...
15 Sep 2011
Why Register a Lease?
After a lease is signed by the landlord and tenant, the tenant will often be asked by their solicitor: “do you want the lease to be regist..
15 Sep 2011
What Assets are Included?
To include or not to include … what assets of the business must be sold with the business? When selling a business, the starting point for..
15 Sep 2011
Vendor Finance & Business Sales
Vendor Finance: What is it? Vendor finance occurs when the seller is prepared to fund part of the purchase price payable by a buyer...
15 Sep 2011
Untidy Contracts
Untidy Contracts Can Lead to Disaster. They’re intrinsic to business, but smaller operators may fail to recognise that they’re a vital me...
15 Sep 2011
The Strategic Side of Restraints of Trade
Enforcing restraints of trade – think strategicallyI am often approached by business owners concerned that an employee or contractor is...
15 Sep 2011
Selling Your Business: Do You Need a Lawyer?
I am often surprised at the amount of business-owners that reduce the profitability of their business in the eleventh hour by ‘going it...
15 Sep 2011
Seller’s Lease Liability on Sale of Business
Getting Rid of a Seller’s Liability to the Lessor After Settlement. Issue – seller’s continued liability to the lessor (of premises) upon...
15 Sep 2011
Ratchet Clauses & Leases – Queensland
The Retail Shop Leases Act in Queensland has been amended to make a ratchet rent provision in a retail shop lease void for leases entered...
15 Sep 2011
Preventative Law: What is it?
An Introduction to Preventative Law. When a client calls their lawyer and asks for a Will to be prepared, the chances are high that a Will..
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