Corporate & Commercial
Termination of the Naval Group’s Australian Contract: What It Means for Local Subcontractors
September 20, 2021The Morrison Government’s decision to terminate the Naval Group’s contract for the construction and delivery of 12 attack-class Submarines came with little warning,...
When are Directors Liable for Misleading or Deceptive Conduct, Passing off, Trade Mark Infringement or Unconscionable Conduct?
June 30, 2021“What is the line between inspiration and appropriation?” This is how Federal Court Judge the Honourable Justice Katzmann began her 75-page judgment on...
Terms and Conditions for Sale of Goods/Incoterms® 2020 and Vienna Convention
January 21, 2021INCOTERMS® 2020 came into effect on 1 January 2020, so have now been operative for over a year. These do not replace INCOTERMS® 2010,...
Building and Construction Contracts: The Importance of Good Contract Administration
December 17, 2020Adelaide’s landscape is constantly changing. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has stymied the growth of many industries, the State Government’s Renew Adelaide project and...
King Reigns All: High Court Decides Holding Companies May Be Held Accountable for Subsidiary Company Actions
December 17, 2020The High Court of Australia decision broadens section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 interpretation, meaning that potentially anyone can be considered an...
COVID-19: Companies Given the Temporary Right to E-Sign Agreements
June 9, 2020There has been a lot of uncertainty as to whether digitally executing a document satisfies the company execution requirements under section 127(1) and...
COVID-19: Modern Slavery Statement Extension Granted
May 21, 2020Entities receive a three-month extension to comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (‘Act’) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government...
COVID-19: Transactions Involving Foreign Investment
April 20, 2020The Commonwealth Government (the Government) has announced temporary changes to the foreign investment regime to protect Australia’s national interest during the COVID-19 pandemic...
The Covid-19 Outbreak and Contract Relief in the Form of Force Majeure
April 10, 2020Introduction The new lunar year of the Metal Rat has regrettably commenced amidst an abundance of wretched disasters. Whether flood, fires and most...
Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain
September 26, 2019Slave is defined in the Macquarie Encyclopaedic Dictionary as: 1. /sleiv/ n. someone who is the property of, and wholly subject to another...
Do You Have Goodwill?
June 21, 2019High Court reprises Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Murry in Placer Dome If you or your company has a business, there is probably...
Director Identification Number Bill
June 21, 2019The war against phoenixing The latest advance by the Commonwealth Government in its war against phoenixing (see our articles in our 2018 Spring...
Crowd-Sourced Funding for Private Companies
June 21, 2019Crowd-sourced equity funding (CSF) is now available for proprietary companies. Up until recently, CSF was only available to qualifying unlisted public companies. As...
Time To Review Documents With Warranties to Consumers
April 4, 2019Mandatory Conditions For Services as Well as Goods Does your business give warranties against defects for goods or services? If so, you may...
EU Data Bomb: Australian Collateral Damage
July 4, 2018On 25 May 2018 the European Union [EU or Union] General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR] came into effect. The GDPR is a law...
Buried in the Budget: Directors in the Firing Line
July 4, 2018In the Harry Potter books the members of the Order of the Phoenix are the good guys struggling against Lord Voldemort and the...
Making Sense of the Personal Property Securities Register
July 4, 2018The operation of the Personal Property Securities Register (“PPSR”) can be a confusing enough concept for lawyers, let alone the general public. However,...
Contract Termination for Insolvency – Not Anymore!
July 4, 2018So you think that you have the right to terminate a contract if the other side is insolvent? Maybe not as of 1...
ACCC Targets Unfair Contract Terms for Agribusiness
June 29, 2018The ACCC’s crackdown on unfair contract terms may impact you if you’re involved in the wine or agribusiness industries. The newly established ACCC...
Client Profile: Stoney Pinch
March 26, 2018Crippling drought, severe flood & a “big” cash flow crisis… nothing could keep this rock solid South Australian business from finding success. Stoney...
How to get to a Binding Deal
March 26, 2018What comes before a contract Whatever type of deal parties may be contemplating, there are usually a substantial number of terms to be...
New Data Breach Laws – Call for a Free ‘No Obligation’ Discussion
February 27, 2018As of 22 February 2018 businesses that are subject to the Privacy Act 1988 must now notify the Privacy Commissioner if an eligible data...
Client Profile: The Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA Inc
October 31, 2017With the fun, competition and pageantry of the Adelaide Show over for another year, we take a peek behind the scenes at the...
Company Contracts
October 31, 2017Is the company on the hook? It is now 16 years since the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) came into force on 1 July 2001....
The Risks of Acting for/as Trustee Companies
October 31, 2017The trustee has been quoted to be the ‘archetype of a fiduciary’.[1] The trustee and beneficiary relationship is the most traditional fiduciary relationship...
Client Profile: Karidis Corporation
June 22, 2017The Pioneer of Urban Affordability A quintessential migrant success story of an unassuming property developer passionate about turning the city centre into...
When Should “Without Prejudice” Be Used?
June 22, 2017It’s a common, and often savvy, tool used in negotiations and disputes, however, can marking your correspondence as “without prejudice” actually have the...
Joining the Crowd
June 22, 2017What you Need to Know About Australia’s Crowd – Sourced Equity Funding Regime After a protracted journey through Parliament that initially began in...
Mandatory Data Breach Notification
June 16, 2017The full force of the new notifiable data breaches regime is on its way with the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016...
Client Profile: Paracombe Wines
December 16, 2016Copreneurial passion A relatively new term that perfectly describes one couple’s strong desire to grow a successful family wine production business....