If you run or own a business, you will often encounter and be subjected to many laws that determine how your business can operate. Non-compliance with these laws can cost you greatly, and it’s important to understand how to maintain your business without breaching these laws. Though there are multiple legal issues that any business…
If you have a Self Managed Superannuation Fund (‘SMSF’), the Fund is considered to be a trust and must therefore have a trustee. There are two options as to who the trustee can be. Barring a few exceptions, it can be the members individually or alternatively can be a company with the members as the…
Parody and satire are considered to be a “fair dealing” exception to copyright law, which means that the relationship between parody and copyright law has changed. Creative expression is protected and encouraged by copyright law, but the inherent risk of this type of law is that it may stifle creativity (unless some exceptions are included).…
Whether it’s to provide a service, gain employment or even just downloading software, it is not unlikely that you would have selected “I agree” to terms of agreement without thinking too hard about it. However, sometimes the terms of a contract may be deemed to be unfair to the signer and could cause greater issues. …
A customer may want to unsubscribe from your newsletters in their inbox for reasons as simple as quantity (too many emails coming in) or relevance (they do not need the product as much as they once did). Businesses must provide their customers with a simple-to-use unsubscribe function. According to the recently amended Spam Regulations 2021…
Legally speaking, the purpose of a deed is to transfer a title (a legal document proving ownership of a property or asset) to another person. If you are meeting with an accountant (like us) to assist you in creating a deed, you may be looking to make a trustee deed for an SMSF, or in…
Installing a trademark within the business world is a common practice employed by businesses in establishing and distinguishing between competitors with the same products or services. A trademark can become synonymous with a product or service and be the means with which consumers can quickly identify the business. A trademark can be a brand or…
Did you know that Australia prides itself on maintaining a competitive business market? It does this through the use of specific legislation that limits the effect that some mergers or acquisitions of businesses may have on market competition. By maintaining a diverse market of businesses for services, products and goods, competition is improved and the…
Ensuring that the clients of a business are satisfied with what they have been provided is a crucial item for any business. However, dissatisfaction can result just as easily, and the costs of addressing the potential Essentially, professional indemnity insurance is for when a client of your business claims to have had injury or…
Before commencing employment at a business, organisation or under an individual, an employment contract must be agreed to by both employer and employee. This employment contract may have had additional revisions, agreements or negotiated terms set out in full at signing. Still, after the past year, there may be specific issues or conditions that you’d…