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.
In October 2017, the Federal Court of Australia ordered three related retail entities to pay fines and penalties totalling $750,000 for misrepresenting their consumer’s rights to repairs, [...]
On 13 October 2017, the Federal Court has declared, by consent, that eight of the contract terms that JJ Richards & Sons Pty Ltd (JJ Richards) used in their standard form contracts are unfair, [...]
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 [...]
