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22 Sep 2022
Product Liability: What Manufacturers, Importers, and Vendors Need to Know
Product liability is an area of law with some unusual features. In fact, there’s relatively little awareness...
18 Jun 2022
When a Director Departs: What Executives Need to Consider
In a previous article, we spoke about restraint clauses. But we didn’t cover restraint clauses in relation to company directors, who want..
27 Feb 2022
Environmental Crimes: Liability for Commercial Environmental Damage
Environmental considerations form the parameters of almost all commercial conduct. Those parameters are set by numerous laws, which have...
29 Nov 2021
Electoral Finance Laws for Business
Democracy is a dynamic system of governance that places everyone in a position of influence. It’s only natural, too, for individuals in a...
30 Oct 2021
Market Manipulation: what it is and how to avoid it
Financial crimes are gaining wider recognition among the business community, and the community at large. However, market manipulation...
30 Sep 2021
Money Laundering: Queensland’s Law
Money laundering is something that has been in the news a bit lately. During the lead up to the Royal Commission into Banking, a lot was
24 Mar 2021
Protecting Privacy: Strategies to Comply with Privacy Laws
Privacy is important. But there are many situations in which it is necessary to share or collect personal...
01 Oct 2020
Licences and Permits: An Approach for Budding Businessowners
Businesses begin as ideas. For a lot of small business owners, a business is a certain type of creative expression...
08 Jun 2020
Misleading Conduct and Marketing: The Rules of Proper Promotion
Marketing: it’s effectively the basis of all successful businesses. Whether you’re selling goods or services, your...
16 Mar 2020
Directors’ Duties: How do They Affect your Business?
As a small to medium business owner, you’ve no doubt got a lot of regulations to contend with. Almost all commercial...
02 Sep 2019
Restraint of Trade Clauses and your Rights
Almost everyone has signed an employment agreement or contract before. Usually, it’s an experience filled with...
25 Aug 2019
Fraud in Business: Recognising the Signs
In terms of business-related crimes, fraud is among the more common. However, recognising fraud is more challenging...
24 Jul 2019
Criminal Anti-Competition Laws in Australia
Business and competition go hand in hand. For a business to grow, that business must compete with others in its field...
10 Jul 2019
Bribery of Government Officials: An Offence in the Commonwealth Criminal Code
Bribery is a widely accepted and well-known crime. It is not unique to Australia, and most consider it a pretty easy...
30 Jun 2019
Tax Crimes in Australia
Introduction Tax crimes are many and varied. There is a diverse and wide-ranging spectrum of tax crimes in Australia...
15 Jun 2019
Corporate Criminal Liability: Criminality and the Divide Between Individuals and Companies
Introduction It has long been recognised in Australia that companies may be held liable for the crimes they commit...
05 Mar 2019
Economic Torts: Limits on the Conduct of Business
Introduction The world of business is inherently competitive. Often, business owners can feel as though they’re on...
07 Nov 2018
What is a Company Constitution?
Introduction Most people are familiar with the term constitution. However, that’s normally in the context of...
23 Nov 2016
Retail Shop Business Sales: New Pre-Contract Lease Disclosure Requirement
From tomorrow, 25 November 2015, a seller of a business, connected to a Queensland retail shop lease, has new pre-contract disclosure req...
01 Mar 2016
Director Duties: The Basics
What are the key duties of a director of a company? As a director of a company, you will be asked to make many decisions in relation to the
01 Nov 2015
Company Directors Beware! 10 Signals Your Company Is Insolvent
As a director, you must stop your company from trading if it is unable to meet its debts. Otherwise, as a director...
14 Jul 2015
Unfair Contract Terms – is it a thing of the past for small business?
What’s new? The Government is introducing legislation [Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair...
14 Jun 2015
Unfair Contract Terms
The Government is introducing legislation [Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contr...
11 Sep 2013
Does your business have an unfair contract under the Australian Consumer Law?
Has your business considered its standard terms and conditions that apply to its customers to ensure they do not...
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