by Rosie Madani | Oct 11, 2016 | Articles
The importance of registration on the Personal Properties Security Register (PPSR) is well known. But registration in and of itself is not sufficient to create an enforceable security interest. The recent Supreme Court case of In the matter of Accolade Wines Australia...
by Rosie Madani | Oct 11, 2016 | Articles
From 12 November 2016 the current Unfair Contract Terms Regime (UCT Regime) will be extended to cover standard form contracts entered into with ‘small businesses’. Not only new contracts entered into from this date will be affected, but also any contracts that are...
by Rosie Madani | Oct 11, 2016 | Articles
For an increasing number of high net worth individuals with complex professional and personal affairs, the question of how best to approach long term estate planning and in particular, what is likely to be the best way to both transfer and preserve wealth for the...
by Rosie Madani | Aug 18, 2016 | Articles
Regulation of electronic communications in Australia The Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (Cth) (the Act) sets out the regulatory framework fin relation to electronic and digital signatures in Australia. One of main features of the framework in the Act is that it...
by Rosie Madani | Aug 18, 2016 | Articles
Arising out of a recent joint investigation by Four Corners and Fairfax Media into alleged underpayment of wages as well as alleged inaccurate payroll records by certain franchisees of the 7-Eleven franchise, an Inquiry was conducted by the Fair Work Ombudsman....
by Rosie Madani | Aug 18, 2016 | Articles
Guarantees provided by parent companies are a common type of support in a wide range of commercial transactions. Besides the usual commercial considerations that need to be taken into account in deciding whether or not a guarantee is an acceptable mitigation of...
