Are you a co-owner of a property looking to sell the property, but the other owners does not want to sell? The Court can order… Read More »How to sell your property when your co-owner does not want to sell?
Social media has experienced outrage as an article has gone viral of a driver receiving a penalty notice for a passenger’s mobile phone usage. Social… Read More »Wait, I Can Be Fined For That?! Passenger’s Mobile Phone Usage And The Law.
REMOVING THE INVISIBLE GLASS CEILING. RECOGNISING AND REWARDING TALENT ON MERIT, NOT ON AGE OR TIME It is an honour to announce that Luisa Gaetani,… Read More »Welcoming A New Era Of Senior Associates
The Whistleblower Act provides that public companies and large proprietary companies must have had a compliant whistleblower policy in place no later than 1 January… Read More »Introduction of new whistleblower laws – what could this mean for you?
Protecting a business’ brand should be in the forefront of every business owner’s mind. One important step in gaining this protection is through applying for… Read More »Trade mark ownership: Why is it so important?
There’s nothing more exciting than announcing three new law divisions, a new Partner and a growing professional team! KEY TAKE OUTS: Coutts is pleased to… Read More »Employment, Injury Compensation and Immigration Law – It’s a Coutts Thing too
Applications to adjourn winding up proceedings pending outcome of an administration: recent guidance from In the Matter of Edifice Australia Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1215.… Read More »Applying to adjourn winding up proceedings pending outcome of an administration.
On 6 September 2018, the NSW Court of Appeal (Bathurst CJ, Ward JA and Payne JA) delivered judgment in the case of Roads and Maritime… Read More »NSW Court of Appeal revisits compulsory acquisition law
What are some of the pitfalls of not having terms and conditions? We hear many risky stories of companies going without terms and conditions altogether… Read More »The pitfalls of not having terms & conditions
On 21 March 2019, Justice Black considered an application to set aside a statutory demand: In the matter of Skylane Worldwide Enterprises Pty Ltd [2019]… Read More »Practical Considerations: Challenging a creditors statutory demand
On 8 September 2018 the Australian Consumer and Competition Authority (ACCC) published an updated guide in relation to the application of the Australian Consumer Law… Read More »“Lemon” motor vehicles – consumer rights clarified
Here at Coutts Lawyers & Conveyancers, we understand how important it is as a business owner to maintain positive and healthy relationships with employees. We… Read More »Key considerations for employment contracts
Brand ownership is so important for businesses of any size. There is a common misconception that owning a business name means that you own that… Read More »The importance of brand ownership: Snapshot of the UGG boot case
Overview Construction sub-contracts will sometimes include a provision allowing a head contractor to retain a portion of the monies due to a subcontractor until a… Read More »Construction Contractors Beware – High Court confirm monies due to a sub-contractor cannot be withheld
The Competition and Consumer Amendment (Payment Surcharges) Act 2016 implemented a new framework that banned surcharges by large businesses for card payments that were excessive,… Read More »Surcharges on card transactions – are you charging too much?
A privacy policy is used by a business to govern how it collects personal information from customers. Privacy policies can often be found on the… Read More »What is a privacy policy and does my business need one?
Having worked in the legal industry for over 23 years, I’m often asked what are some of the more disastrous mistakes that I’ve seen clients… Read More »Disastrous mistakes in contracting
