Go-Lo is gone: 3 lessons for business owners
Retail Adventures, the largest trader of discount stores in Australia, has been placed into voluntary administration. Retail Adventures brands include Go-Lo, Sam’s Warehouse, Chickenfeed and Crazy Clark’s. Under the...
Read MoreSpotlight firmly on insolvency in construction industry
NSW GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS HOW TO PROTECT SUB-CONTRACTORS, 25 OCTOBER 2012 A Discussion and Issues Paper Inquiry into construction industry insolvency in NSW (Issues Paper) has been released and is...
Read MoreBusiness Contracts: The Devil is in the Details
Overlooking important “fine print” in business contracts can get you badly burnt by that “Devil in the detail” We’re all guilty of overlooking the fine print of legal documents,...
Read MoreCopyright Law in Australia – 9 Facts You Should Know!
Can I claim copyright? It is possible that you or your business creates material over which you could claim copyright for example, you may create a logo, newsletter, drawings...
Read MorePreventing the preventable and preserving your insurance cover
Periodically I write stories in our newsletter about real life commercial disasters which are so easily preventable but which have a habit of recurring with such frustratingly monotonous regularity...
Read MoreBack to basics for insurers in Australia ‘general rules of construction’ apply
In November 2010, the High Court of Australia issued it’s decision in Selected Seeds Pty Ltd v QBEMM Pty Ltd. QBEMM, Selected Seeds’ insurer, had earlier declined to pay...
Read MoreIt depends on what you say – not what you mean
To every lawyer who comes under my supervision, I commence our working relationship by giving a little address. I say that the single most important weapon in the armoury...
Read MoreIf you want to get paid for your work or products, you need to know exactly who your customers are
Recently we were involved in a situation where our client was owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for work done, but it turned out that it had not properly...
Read MoreSome pitfalls affecting ‘claims made’ liability insurance
Consider this hypothetical scenario: Joe, a successful financial advisor, has just completed his 10th year in business. The recent economic recession is looking more distant every day that passes,...
Read MoreDirectors in Troubled Times: Notes for Company Directors
When debtors are beating on the door, how do directors sleep at night? “Like babies. They wake up in the middle of the night crying and screaming and frequently...
Read MoreCategories
- Uncategorized
- Battle of Wills Video Series
- Personal Law
- Business
- Family Law
- Criminal Law
- Employment
- Commercial Litigation
- Conveyancing
- Debt Recovery
- Wills & Estates
- Contested Wills & Estates
- Compensation Claims
- Workers Compensation
- Estate Planning
- Elder Law
- Business Contracts
- Defamation
- Franchising
- Building & Construction
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Firm News
- Videos