From 21 July 2021, electronic voting and meetings have been reinstated for owners corporations and community land associations. This applies regardless of the adoption of… Read More »Electronic Voting and Meetings for Strata and Community Land Management Bodies
Co-written by Kane Fieldsend On 1 July, changes were implemented to increase the statutory minimum amount for a creditor’s statutory demand from $2,000 to $4,000.… Read More »Minimum Amount for Statutory Demand
Co-written by Natasha Breski KEY TAKE-OUTS: On Saturday 17 July 2021, the NSW Government introduced a pause to all construction works across Greater Sydney until… Read More »Mandatory Shutdown of Construction Sites: What Does This Mean for You?
KEY TAKE-OUTS The Government have announced an incremental increase in superannuation from 9.5 per cent to 12 per cent over 4 years. Employees should review… Read More »Changes to Superannuation: Will it affect your pay?
1 July 2021 brings changes to franchising laws. There are changes being implemented on 1 July 2021 to the Franchising Code of Conduct as a… Read More »New Changes Coming for Franchising Code of Conduct
Co-written by Kane Fieldsend (Paralegal) As of 12 April 2021, ‘.au’ domain names will see significant changes regarding how they may be used, who may… Read More »Changes are Coming to the .au Domain Space
KEY TAKE OUTS Businesses are now required to disclose to their customers: Any term or condition in their contract may substantially prejudice the interests of… Read More »Changes to Disclosure Requirements in NSW for Suppliers of Goods or Services in 2021
Co-written by Kane Fieldsend (Paralegal) KEY TAKE OUTS Government programs such as JobKeeper are ending, increasing the financial strain on many businesses. Creditors and suppliers… Read More »PPSR: What is it and should I use it?
Co-written by Elyse Strahan (Paralegal) The US based e-scooter company Lime Network has come under scrutiny by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) after… Read More »Lime Scooters, are they Going to Become a Thing of the Past?
Co-written by: Elyse Strahan (Paralegal) It is not uncommon for those who are starting a new business or expanding a current business to consider whether… Read More »Does my Business need a Privacy Policy?
Co-written by: Elyse Strahan (Paralegal) KEY TAKE OUTS The Federal Government will introduce a new model to deal with small business insolvency matters. Rather than… Read More »Changes to small business insolvency processes
KEY TAKE OUTS: It has been ten years since provisions of the Australian Consumer Law came into effect, declaring unfair terms in standard form consumer… Read More »Keep your eyes peeled for “unfair terms”
KEY TAKE OUTS: Changes to the Corporations Act to allow online AGMs have been extended to 21 March 2021. The changes provide greater flexibility to… Read More »COVID-19: Governance – Holding AGMs during a pandemic
On 7 September 2020, the Government announced an extension to the temporary debt relief measures to the creditors’ statutory demand and insolvent trading laws to… Read More »COVID-19: Temporary amendments to insolvency laws extended to 31 December 2020
Co-written by: Elyse Strahan (Paralegal) The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (“the Act”) received assent on 11 June 2020. The Act is a part… Read More »Retrospective and future responsibilities
We have survived the initial shock of COVID-19 and the end of the financial year. Now is a time for business owners to reflect and… Read More »The impact of COVID-19 on our economy: what now?
On 11 March 2020, the High Court of Australia handed down a landmark judgment in the case of Australian Securities and Investments Commission v King… Read More »Officers of a Corporation – Australian Securities and Investments Commission v King [2020] HCA 4
If you have ventured into a restaurant lately, you will have noticed that you are required to leave your personal information at the venue. Although… Read More »COVID-19: Personal information in the hands of businesses
KEY TAKE OUTS: The COVIDSafe application is designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 by notifying its users when they have come in contact with… Read More »Can Employers Direct Employees to Download and Use the COVIDSafe App?
As COVID-19 continues to spread, more employees are working from home than ever before. Many are doing so for the first time. Employers are innovating… Read More »Global Revolution on Working From home, But is Australia Ready?