We regularly publish news updates to alert our clients to important legal and accounting developments that may affect their business as well as developments within our business that we wish to share with our clients.
For the first time, on 6 September 2017, the ACCC instituted Federal Court proceedings enforcing the new laws. The first cab off the rank being JJ Richards & Sons Pty Ltd (JJ Richards), against [...]
On 7 September 2017, the parliament of Queensland passed the Queensland Labour Hire Licensing Bill 2017 (the Bill), which will require any person who provides labour hire services in Queensland [...]
On 20 May 2017, the Personal Property Securities Amendment (PPS Leases) Act 2017 (Cth) (Amendment) came into effect. This is the third amendment to the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 [...]
The recent Federal Court judgment of Clipsal Australia Pty Ltd v Clipso Electrical Pty Ltd (No.3) [2017] FCA 60 has highlighted some important issues with how a trade mark protects one’s [...]
OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd (OneSteel) rented a crushing and screening plant from Alleasing Pty Ltd (Alleasing), pursuant to a lease agreement it signed in 2014 which had a six-year term. The [...]
The much-anticipated release of the Australian Standards “General conditions of contract” AS11000 was, on Tuesday 4 April 2017 abandoned by the Standards Development and Accreditation Committee [...]
