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Government regulators for businesses have significant powers that can impact your business. Engaging with the regulator in a sensible and productive way can make the process quicker and less stressful.
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When and Why Should I Register a Trade Mark?
An introduction to Trade Mark Laws in Australia
What is a Tenant’s Obligation to Make Good Under a Lease?
In this article we will be looking at a tenant’s obligation to make good under a lease.
When and Why You Need a Shareholders’ Agreement; and What Should it Cover
A Shareholders’ Agreement is a private binding contract between shareholders of a company.
Increased ATO debt recovery action likely to lead to credit tightening and increase recovery action for SMEs
Recently, liquidators we have dealings with, are reporting an increase in enquiries relating to new collection activity from the ATO as it seeks to address the $1.3 billion shortfall against its compliance revenue target.
How Do You Enforce Foreign Judgments In Australia?
If you are a business located outside of Australia or an overseas legal practitioner acting for clients and looking for ways to recover judgment debts from a person or business with assets in Australia, then it is important that you carefully consider the available process for registering and enforcing foreign judgment in Australia to avoid…
Surcharge Purchaser Duty – What is it? Who does it apply to? Who might be liable in negligence?
In this article, we’ll explain what Surcharge Purchase Duty and Surcharge Land Tax are, and the types of situations in which the advice provided (or failure to advise) by a solicitor, conveyancer, or other advisor might amount to negligence.
ASIC – The Role of the Corporate Regulator
Government regulators for businesses have significant powers that can impact your business. Engaging with the regulator in a sensible and productive way can make the process quicker and less stressful.
4 Practical Tips When Being Investigated by a Regulator
This article provides some practical tips when involved in an Investigation by a Regulator.
Personal Guarantees – Why you need to use them and how
Personal guarantees are one of the most useful tools a business can implement to ensure that it is paid by its customers promptly.
Will the Small Business Insolvency Law Reforms really protect Company Directors?
Upcoming changes to insolvency laws could have a significant impact on companies that have faced challenging circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Changes to landholder duty on the transfer of shares
In NSW, you may be liable for ‘landholder duty’ when you acquire shares in a company or units in a trust that owns land (“a landholder”) with a threshold value of $2 million or more.
Client seeking insolvency advice walks away happy after Roberts Crosbie Mortensen identified and settled a claim for professional negligence against the previous Solicitor
The claim was settled at an informal settlement conference with the client recovering the amount of his loan less only the approximate costs that he would have incurred had a receiver been appointed to sell the business.
