Disputes arise from time to time over a range of issues and can involve customers, suppliers, other principals, employees or personal family issues within a…
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With the prevalence of technology and ever increasing uptake of online services in today’s digital age you should consider the importance of digital assets and…
If you are preparing to leave Australia for a variety of reasons such as career prospects, adventure or opportunities, you may be concerned about how…
With the prevalence of technology and ever increasing uptake of online services in today’s digital age you should consider the importance of digital assets and…
Insurance is a necessary investment in many cases throughout our lives. If offers protection, at a relatively small cost, for unexpected and significant losses that…
Operating a business can be extremely rewarding both financially and emotionally. On the other hand operating a business can be extremely risky and stressful. A…
What is a trust? Whilst trusts are frequently seen as a fundamental element in the planning of an estate, a business, investment or family financial…
Left unread, any agreement may expose a party to significant risk. Frequently, Information Technology (IT) applications do just that and do not read the terms…
Employee share plans (also known as employee share schemes or equity schemes) are incentive schemes designed to encourage retention and long-term interdependence between a business…
Company directors, promoters and supporters of a business may be of the view that they can raise capital from their associates, friends and relatives without…
Intellectual property (IP) is an original creation of the mind or intellect such as inventions, words, phrases, symbols, and designs, which can be legally owned….
If you want to successfully sell your business, you need to consider what you have to do to prepare it for sale and increase its…
There are various actions that a disgruntled employee may take against an employer. The employee needs to consider the available remedies prior to deciding on…
If you hold assets in a family trust, you must think about what will happen to the trust in the event of your death. The…
Yesterday, the High Court, in its decision of Ramsay Health Care Australia Ply Ltd v Compton [2017] HCA 28 rejected a narrow interpretation of the…
19 March 2014The recent demonstrations in Kyiv Maidan, Ukraine resulted in the deaths of over 100 demonstrators and members of the police unit ‘Berkyt’ tasked…
A guarantee is a promise by the guarantor to assume liability for an obligation owed by another person, namely the principal debtor, in the event…
If you are a grandchild who was wholly or partly dependent on the deceased at any time, although never a member of the same household…
As any business grows and gains market share, acquiring other businesses to tuck in’ to an existing business or, in time, buying complementary assets, may…
The discretion to ‘go behind’ a judgment debt is not limited to fraud, collusion or a miscarriage of justice. The Bankruptcy Court have to have…
