People always wonder what is legal for business, it can really cover many different legal services and requirements; however, in a broadline, Business Legal normally fall into two major categories – Agreements and Regulations.   Agreements – are the documents and the legal contract that states your business relationships, such as your customers, your business [...]

Professional negligence arises when the clients of the professionals have suffered financial loss as a result of poor or unsatisfactory service provided by the professionals. Professionals such as medical/legal practitioners, accountants, financial consultants, and real estate agents etc. They all have a legal duty to do their jobs to a minimum standard of competence. Although [...]

‘Happily, Ever After ‘every couple believes this when they are about to get married. And as we all look forward to eternal happiness is prenuptial agreement really necessary?   Firstly, we need to understand what exactly is a ‘Prenuptial Agreement’, also called ‘Prenup’. A Prenup is a written contract made by two people before they [...]

People normally use the terms “insolvency” and “bankruptcy” conversely. But are these two really the same? In fact, it’s important to recognise that the two are actually very different. What is insolvency? Insolvency applies to both individuals and businesses, it is the state of being unable to pay the money owed, on time. What is [...]

What is ‘Franchising’? Franchising allows a business to operate under the established brand of another business. The franchisee can sell franchisor’s products and/or services for a specified period in return for payment to the franchisor. Franchising is very different to other types of business - It can be extremely restrictive. The level of control compared [...]

Things are dramatically changing so quickly with recent life events, as we never know what is around the corner and with the uncertainty, there may come a time to face the tough decisions to be made. We have dealt with a few inquiries for preparing the Will during this period; it isn’t always easy to [...]

Defamation Defamation is when a person writes or says untrue information about somebody to other people and the person’s writing or speech is likely to cause negative impacts on the reputation of that person.   Cyberbullying Cyberbullying is that a person bullies another person by means of the internet including emails, messages, Social Network Services [...]

All the transactions between Australian businesses and consumers are governed by Australian Consumer Law. Whenever you purchase any goods and services, Suppliers and manufacturers automatically provide guarantees about certain goods they sell, hire or lease, and services they provide to consumers. A consumer is a person who buys: any type of goods or services costing [...]

Face inevitably disputes with suppliers, customers, landlords, other businesses, etc. it’s very common when operating a business. It can be varied depending on the parties that the business is dealing with. If the disputes were minor such as small misunderstandings and miscommunication of meeting time, there is normally no urgency to solve it; however, if [...]

It all revolves on the contract for sale of the business when it comes to purchase of a new business or sale of an existing business.  The contract for sale states the intentions and sets out exactly what each party is required to do to proceed the sale. It is vital to undertake an evaluation [...]