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.
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 [...]
A warning to business directors and employers: don’t short change your staff or you could personally end up out-of-pocket! In June 2016, a Gold Coast security business and its sole director were [...]
ACCC releases a list of compliance and enforcement priorities for each year (see our article titled ‘ACCC: Compliance and Enforcement Priorities 2016’). One of the central and continuing focus [...]
