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- Category: Commercial Property
- What is the Difference Between Subletting and Assigning a Lease ?
- What is turnover rent?
- What are Lease Incentives?
- Can I buy a House with Bitcoin?
- What is the difference between a retail and a commercial lease?
- What Should I Include in an Agreement for Lease?
- How do I Surrender a Lease?
- What is a Purchase Money Security Interest (PMSI)?
- What Is a Surrender of Lease?
- Can you use property to secure a loan?
- What is Vacant Possession?
- What is Rent Abatement?
- Legal Issues With Restaurant Leases
- What Is A Section 66W Certificate Used For?
- What Is A Licence Agreement Used For?
- What is indefeasibility of title?
- How Can I Transfer or Assign a Commercial Lease?
- What is the difference between Tenants in Common and Joint Tenancy?
- Can I Terminate a Commercial Lease Early?
- Key Considerations with Commercial Leases
- What Should I Look for When Reviewing a Commercial Lease?
- Negotiating Your Commercial Lease During COVID-19
- Category: Construction
- What is the National Construction Code?
- Can an Independent Contractor be Entitled to Long Service Leave?
- Becoming a Roofing Contractor
- What is the difference between an AS4000 and an AS2124 contract?
- How do Early Contractor Involvements (ECI) Work?
- How does a Master Builders Association HIC6 Contract work?
- How do Master Builders Contracts Work?
- What is a Wet Hire Agreement?
- What Is A Dry Hire Agreement?
- Issues with Progress Payments in the Construction Industry
- An Overview of Construction Contracts
- Are Verbal Instructions enough for a Building Contract?
- What is an AS 4902 Contract?
- What is a Qualifying Cause of Delay Under an AS 4300?
- What is an AS 2124 Contract?
- What is an AS 4300 Contract?
- Dispute Resolution in the Construction Industry
- How Do Liquidated Damages Work in the Construction Industry?
- How to Resolve a Dispute Under the AS 4000
- How to Comply with WHS Legislation
- What is required in a Payment Schedule?
- Considerations for AS 4000 contracts
- What are the Australian Building Industry Contracts (ABIC)?
- Considerations for AS 4300 contracts
- In a Construction Project, Can an Unpaid Debt be Recovered from the Owner?
- What kind of contract do I need for home building in NSW?
- What are the basics in a construction contract?
- What do liquidated damages clauses in construction contracts mean?
- How does the Contractors Debt Act work?
- An introduction to construction law issues
- What are enterprise agreements and how do they work?
- How Can A Construction Contract Be Terminated?
- How does the Security of Payment Act work?
- What should I look out for in Construction Heads of Agreement?
- Category: Contracts
- Can specific performance be obtained for a contract breach?
- What is Unconscionable Conduct?
- What is a Gift Deed?
- What is a Unilateral Contract?
- When is a Contract Frustrated?
- When are Heads of Agreement Enforceable?
- How to Identify a Sham Contract
- What Are Voidable Contracts?
- Enduring and General Power of Attorney
- Buying or Selling A Business: Asset Sale v Share Sale
- What is a Supply Agreement?
- What are Preference Shares?
- What Is A Consignment Agreement?
- What is a Dropshipping Agreement?
- What Does First Right of Refusal Mean?
- Excluding Liability for Death and Injury
- What Does ‘Without Prejudice’ Mean?
- What is a Deed of Guarantee?
- What Is a Deed of Indemnity?
- What is a Sunset Clause?
- What is a Greenfields Agreement?
- What is a Bill of Exchange?
- Ending A Contract With A Deed Of Termination
- What Are Boilerplate Clauses?
- Difference between a Memorandum of Understanding, Memorandum of Agreement and Contract
- What Should Be Included in My Company Constitution?
- What is an Invitation to Treat in Contract Law?
- What Are My Liabilities Under a Partnership?
- Why Should Australian Businesses Know About The GDPR?
- What Are Engineering, Procurement & Construction Contracts Used For?
- What is a Sale of a Business as a Going Concern?
- What is Joint and Several Liability?
- What Is A Consultancy Agreement?
- What’s the Difference Between Term Sheets and a Shareholder Agreement?
- What Is A Memorandum Of Understanding?
- What Is A Promissory Note And A Loan Agreement?
- What makes a validly signed contract?
- Overview of the Changes to the Franchising Code of Conduct
- How can a contract be terminated?
- How Do Non-Compete Clauses Work?
- What is Private Labelling?
- What is a promissory note?
- What is a Discretionary Trust?
- What are the most common forms of breach of contract?
- Deeds, Agreements and Contracts
- What is a Deed of Release?
- What is Repudiation of Contract?
- What is a Deed of Novation?
- What is an Auspice Agreement?
- How do Call Option Deeds Work?
- What is an Agistment Agreement?
- What is a Labour Hire Agreement?
- Unfair Franchise Agreements
- What is a Deed of Guarantee & Indemnity?
- What is a Buyer’s Agent Agreement?
- What is a Deed of Access & Indemnity?
- What is a Freight Forwarding Agreement?
- What is a Non-Compete Agreement?
- Elements Of A Recording Contract In The Music Industry
- What should an Import/Export Agreement contain?
- How Do Influencer Contracts Work?
- What is a Dispute Resolution Clause and Why Do I Need One?
- What is a Deed of Settlement?
- Is a Spoken Agreement Valid?
- What Should I Do If Issued With A Cease and Desist Letter?
- What are Heads of Agreement?
- How do Shareholder Agreements Work?
- Category: COVID-19
- Category: eCommerce
- Category: Employment
- How does Gardening Leave Work?
- How Does Summary Dismissal Work?
- When do I have to pay employee penalty rates?
- What is Constructive Dismissal or Forced Redundancy?
- What is Voluntary Redundancy?
- What is the Difference Between WHS and OHS?
- Can my Employees apply for Stress Leave?
- What is Adverse Actions in the Workplace?
- What is the Difference Between Redundancy and Severance Pay?
- How much Tax do you have to pay on an ABN?
- In What Circumstances Can Long Service Leave be Refused by Employers?
- The Importance of Workplace Policies and Staff Handbooks
- Is a Consultant an Employee or a Contractor?
- When does an employment relationship commence?
- How do Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) advantage employers and employees?
- Casual Employees: Entitled to Long Service Leave?
- What Are The Options For An Employee When They Are Directed To Take Annual Leave?
- What Is Employee Stand Down and Why Do It?
- What Is The Purpose Of An Employment Separation Ticket?
- How to Calculate Redundancy Pay in Australia
- What are Equal Employment Opportunities?
- How Does D&O Insurance Work?
- What is an Apprenticeship Agreement?
- What Should a Casual Employment Contract Cover?
- Recent Changes to Casual Employment Laws
- What is an Unfair Dismissal Claim?
- Can a sole trader have employees?
- How do I make a redundancy?
- How to avoid a constructive dismissal claim
- How Can I Protect My Company’s Confidential Information?
- When are contractors counted as employees?
- When can I terminate an employee?
- Can I Terminate an Employee Without Warning?
- How do I write a workplace discrimination, bullying and harassment policy?
- Ending employment in compliance with the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code
- Tailor a Working from Home (WFH) Policy for your business
- Can I pay employees with shares?
- Category: FAQs
- Category: Small Business Lawyers
- Category: Subscription
- Category: Finance
- What is AML/CTF?
- Legal Ownership of NFTs
- Australian regulations around cryptocurrency
- What is the Pari Passu Principle?
- Are there AFSL Exemptions?
- Who Uses an AFSL?
- How Do I Obtain an AFS Licence?
- What is the Difference Between Wholesale and Retail AFSL Clients?
- How Does an AFSL Compliance Review Work?
- What is Responsible Managers Training?
- What is Vendor Finance?
- Where Do I Find My Tax File Number?
- Insolvency Law Summary 2021
- What Is The Difference Between Secured And Unsecured Loans?
- What is a Vendor Finance Agreement?
- How do I Register a Security Interest?
- Taxes for Businesses – An Overview
- What is Capital Gains Tax?
- Capital Raising for Fintechs
- What are the Tax Benefits of a Trust?
- Can a Fintech Secure Loans under the Personal Securities Property Act?
- Top 5 Legal Issues for Fintechs
- What is a Division 7A Loan?
- How are Australian Fintechs regulated?
- How does my FinTech comply with the National Credit Code (NCC)?
- Do you need a credit license from ASIC to operate a Fintech?
- Category: Franchising
- Franchise Financing Models
- Franchise Financing Models
- Drafting an Operations Manual for your Franchise
- Tips for entering or starting a franchise
- The Proposed Changes to the Franchising Code of Conduct
- How do I franchise my business?
- What is the franchise disclosure document?
- What is the Franchising Code of Conduct?
- What responsibilities does a franchisor have?
- How do you sell a franchise?
- Franchise Agreements and Licence Agreements
- How do I terminate a franchise agreement?
- What is franchising?
- What is in a “Franchise Agreement”?
- 5 things that can make a franchise fail
- What is involved in complying with the Franchising Code?
- What are the main documents for a franchise?
- What does a Franchise lawyer do?
- Category: Intellectual Property
- Can I Use A Company’s Logo On My Website?
- Basic Facts about Australian Copyright Law ©
- Can Passing Off Protect an Unregistered Trademark?
- What is ‘Commercial in Confidence’?
- When does copyright protect my logo?
- What is the ‘Exhaustion of Rights’ Doctrine with Patents?
- What are Movement Trademarks?
- How Do Colour Trademarks Work?
- How do I Ensure Confidentiality In The Workplace?
- What does patent pending mean?
- What Is Copyright?
- How to File an International Patent
- Can I Transfer Ownership of a Patent?
- How Can I Conduct a Patent Search?
- What is a Series Trade Mark Application?
- How Do I Show Evidence of Prior Use?
- How Does The Madrid Protocol Work?
- What Is A Talent Release Form and When Do I Need One?
- What is a Copyright Licensing Agreement?
- What Are Plant Breeders’ Rights?
- Can An Overseas Patent be Registered in Australia?
- How Do I Apply for an Innovation Patent?
- A Guide To The Patent Application Process
- Does Our Business Own Software We Had Developed?
- How to Protect Your Intellectual Property on Social Media
- How do I search international trademarks?
- How Do Royalty Payments Work in the Creative Industry?
- Should I file a provisional patent application?
- What Are Trade Secrets?
- What is a Certification Trademark?
- What do Patent Attorneys Do?
- What are common issues with patent applications?
- How to transfer a trademark
- What are Moral Rights?
- How Much Does It Cost To Trademark A Name And Logo?
- The Trademarking Process
- What can I do in a dispute over a domain name?
- Someone has opposed our trademark application. What can we do?
- What is the difference between licensing and assigning IP?
- How Do I Register A Design?
- What Are Trademark Classes?
- How do I protect my idea?
- Category: Litigation
- What are costs on an indemnity basis?
- Where would I find a Justice of peace or a Notary Public?
- How do Calderbank Offers Work?
- How do Cease and Desist Letters Work?
- The Art of Negotiation
- What Is a Quantum Meruit Claim?
- What is the Difference Between Puffery and Misrepresentation?
- What is a Court Mention?
- In Litigation, what is a Cross-Claim?
- Exemplary Damages – What Are They?
- What is an Interlocutory Application?
- How does Arbitration Work?
- What are pleadings?
- What is an Affidavit?
- What is Mediation?
- Offers of Compromise and Calderbank Offers
- Category: Media/Arts
- Category: Small Business
- What Can I Legally Do About a Bad Review?
- What is the Difference in Liability Between a Director and a Sole Trader?
- What is an Insolvency Notice?
- What is Consequential Loss?
- What Happens to Shares when a Shareholder dies?
- What is a Private Company?
- What is the Difference Between Ordinary Shares and Preference Shares?
- Reactivating a cancelled ABN
- How Does a Corporate Power of Attorney Work?
- An Introduction to AASB 138 (Intangible Assets) for Businesses
- Top 8 Considerations when selling a business
- Corporate Trustee or Individual Trustee: What is the Difference?
- How Can a Charity Apply for DGR Status?
- Should I Register an ABN?
- What Are the Rules around Shareholder Quorums?
- How do Industry Regulations work?
- What Is A Common Seal?
- What is a De Facto Director?
- How do I appoint a company director?
- Top 7 legal issues for liquor stores
- How Do Authority to Act Forms Work?
- What is Predatory Pricing?
- What is Voluntary Administration?
- How do I pay a company director?
- What Does Pty Ltd Mean in Australia?
- What are the pros and cons of being a Sole Trader?
- What is the Difference Between an ACN and an ABN?
- What is the Difference Between a Notary Public and a JP?
- What is a caveat? When do I need one?
- What is next of kin?
- How do I purchase a business?
- Due Diligence on a Business Purchase
- What is The De Minimis Rule?
- What is a Company Limited by Guarantee?
- What is meant by due diligence?
- What is the difference between registering a business name, and a company?
- How Do I Set Up a Charity?
- What is a Partnership Dissolution Agreement?
- When is a Company Director Personally Liable?
- What is a Shadow Director?
- What is a Share Split?
- How Do I Handle a Dispute with a Contractor?
- What is a Subpoena?
- What is a Garnishee Order?
- What is an Affidavit?
- What is a Default Judgment?
- What is Alternative Dispute Resolution?
- What is a Letter of Demand?
- What is Legal Professional Privilege?
- What is Arbitration?
- What are the different Australian courts?
- What are the legal obligations of a board director?
- What is the difference between a trust and a company?
- Are electronic signatures valid in Australia?
- Under a Discretionary Trust, Can Beneficiaries Dispute a Trustee’s Decisions?
- A Guide to the Different Types of Trusts
- Should I Run My Business as a Trust?
- What is a modern slavery statement?
- How can I legally run a competition for my business?
- What Business Structure is Best for my Business?
- Legals for Digital Advertising Agencies
- What place do tribunals have in the legal system?
- I run a company overseas. How do I set up a business in Australia?
- How do class actions work?
- What is a Master Service Agreement?
- How does my company issue shares?
- How do I set up an incorporated association?
- What does an NDIS Service Agreement need to include?
- Temporary relief from directors’ duty to prevent insolvent trading due to Covid-19
- How can lawyers help recover debt?
- How do I end a partnership?
- What is a dual company structure?
- What is a Joint Venture Agreement?
- What is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and when do I need one?
- What Legal Documents Do I Need to Freelance?
- Does My Website Need A Privacy Policy?
- Category: Startups
- What is a subsidiary company?
- What is a unit trust?
- What is a Bootstrapped Startup?
- Should I Set My Business Up as a Company?
- What are Smart Contracts and are they Legally Binding?
- How do I calculate company tax?
- What is a Director Identification Number and do I need one?
- Virtual Event: Your legal roadmap to GROW & PROTECT a business in Australia
- The Difference Between Assignment Deeds and Novation Deeds
- What is an Information Memorandum in Capital Raising?
- What is the Difference Between a Holding Company and an Operating Company?
- Using a Corporate Trustee for a Family Trust
- What is Promissory Estoppel?
- Does Your Business Partnership Need a Profit Share Agreement?
- How do I register a company in Australia?
- What are the Consequences of Breaching Directors’ Duties?
- What are Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)?
- What Is A Partnership?
- What Is Share Vesting?
- Legal Obligations With NFT Ownership
- How Do I Set Up A Cooperative?
- eCommerce and Australian Consumer Law
- Questions You Should Ask When Choosing The Right Commercial Lawyer for Your Business
- What is a Sweat Equity Agreement?
- What Is An Endorsement Agreement?
- What is a Shipping Policy?
- How do Profit Share Agreements work?
- What is a Founders Term Sheet?
- What is a Share Vesting Agreement?
- What Does the FIRB do?
- How do I wind up a company?
- What is a Share Buyback and How Do They Work?
- What is a Company Constitution?
- Should I Operate as a Sole Trader or a Company?
- What is a Statement of Claim?
- The Impact of a Recession on Startups and Small Business
- What is a Convertible Note?
- What is a Discretionary Trust?
- Am I Breaking Copyright Laws by Playing Music in My Store?
- How Do Restraint of Trade Clauses Work?
- Requirements for Entertainers Coming to Australia
- How do I protect my franchise’s brand?
- When Does Email Marketing Become Spam?
- How to Set up an Import Export Business?
- What is a share subscription agreement?
- What needs to be in an IT service agreement?
- What is a Delaware Corporation?
- What is a smart contract and what are the legal implications?
- Enforcing Non-disclosure Agreements
- What Legal Documents Does A Startup Need?
- Can I Patent My App?
- What is an ESOP?
- Qualified Commercial Lawyers
- SAFE Notes or Revenue Sharing?
- What should a privacy policy include?
- How do I issue shares for my startup?
- Should I set up my startup in the US?
- What Are Convertible Loans?
- What is a Cap Table?
- How Do I Structure my Startup?
- Legal considerations to prepare your startup for investment
- Top 6 Legal Issues for Startups
- Should my startup use an Employee Share Scheme (ESS)?
- SAFE Notes or Convertible Loans for Capital Raising
- Category: Technology
- Am I responsible for comments on my Facebook page?
- A Legal Guide to Understanding Cryptocurrency
- What Should an Acceptable Use Policy Contain?
- How do I make our Privacy Policy GDPR Compliant?
- Legal Ramifications with Internet of Things
- What is a Cybersecurity Policy?
- A Legal Guide to SaaS Agreements
- What Do I Do When A Data Breach Happens?
- What needs to be included in eCommerce Terms and Conditions?