by admin | Jun 28, 2018 | Business Law
Much like a contract, where if you can establish offer, acceptance, consideration and intention to create legal relations you can show a contract exists – with trusts, if you can establish intention to create a trust, what the trust property is and identify the...
by admin | Jun 28, 2018 | Business Law
The Personal Property Securities Register is effectively a national online ‘noticeboard’ that allows you to see registered security interests over personal property, such as cars, boats, or artworks (but not including land or buildings). It can provide information to...
by admin | Jun 28, 2018 | Business Law
There are some alternatives to bankruptcy. Proposing a debt agreement to your creditors is a means by which you may be able to avoid bankruptcy by compromising your debts. It is a binding agreement under Part IX of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) (Act) where, if a...
by admin | Jun 28, 2018 | Business Law
I recently had someone call and enquire about what they needed to do to purchase a franchise overseas. I advised them it was not as straight forward as they might think and that the overseas franchise market was very different to Australia. There were many issues to...
by admin | Jun 27, 2018 | Business Law
Franchising or licensing can be an exciting and great endeavour to embark upon. There are differences between the 2 business models and it is important to understand how these business models are structured. FRANCHISING A franchisee will pay an initial fee to have...
by admin | Jun 24, 2018 | Business Law
Effective for contracts entered into, renewed (or specific terms varied) on or after 12 November 2016, the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (CCA) can be used by small businesses to avoid certain contractual terms that are ‘unfair’. Who benefits now? Small...