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read moreWestern Sydney’s startling business opportunities and challenges
07 January 2019 | Corporate & Commercial | Noric Dilanchian
Our research identifies six distinguishing features of the economy of Greater Western Sydney. Learn about its youthful population pyramid and food, the "three cities" plan and new airport, industries and employment concentrations, and how the meaning of the word "Asia" evolved over millennia and how understanding that explains the Asianisation of business today.
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read moreUpdate contracts and register assets to protect against insolvency events
04 December 2018 | Construction & Infrastructure | Nicholas Achurch
It’s time to review and update your insolvent trading clauses and practices! Historically common law came to the aid of an asset owner needing to protect materials, plant and equipment delivered to a buyer which had not yet paid in full. Recent changes to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) assist such buyers in receipt of unpaid assets even though the buyers are potentially insolvent.
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read moreHow selective communication to lawyers protects business
22 November 2018 | Corporate & Commercial | Nicholas Achurch
Lawyers know, but clients need to appreciate, that not all communication of information by a client with a lawyer is blocked …
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read moreNorth Star – A lesson in complex contracting
08 November 2018 | Commercial Agreements | Kevin Pathinather
Harvesting grain is a precise process where inputs result in outcomes. The same can be said of complex documents - the work you do upfront may ultimately save you thousands.
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read more14 things I learned from Startup Muster 2018
25 October 2018 | Corporate & Commercial | Noric Dilanchian
Australia's Startup Muster Annual Report 2018 provides credible and vital local data to help start-ups and their collaborators tweak priorities.
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read more“What’s really left for lawyers to do?” | Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice Summit
14 August 2018 | Corporate & Commercial | Marcus McCarthy
Exploring how technology has impacted the legal workforce and the need to find new ways to upskill and manage the changing …
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read moreSimplifying construction contract language
12 June 2018 | Civil Contractors and Construction | Simon Forsterling
Construction law has its own language and each contract is like a dialect of that language.
If you don’t communicate using the …
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read moreThe state of the debt fund market
01 May 2018 | Banking & Finance | Deepesh Daya
I have met recently with a number of debt fund providers, niche property lenders and market participants.
These are some of my …
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read moreADVISER ALERT | Clients of diminished capacity – when Trustees are clients
05 April 2018 | Corporate & Commercial | Marcus McCarthy
What’s the Problem?
Irrespective of whether a Trustee is a company or a natural person, the Trustee never has all the powers …
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read moreWhat are commercial term sheets & heads of agreement – when are they used?
10 February 2018 | Corporate & Commercial | Allison Anthony
Have you ever got half way through negotiations for a transaction and wondered why the process is taking so much time, …
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read moreThe case of the black opals and the latent defects
12 December 2016 | Corporate & Commercial | Belinda Crosbie
A woman walks into an antique jewellery store and buys a pair of bracelet cuffs, only to find out nine years …
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read moreNew unfair contract terms law applies to small business
09 December 2016 | Corporate & Commercial | Belinda Crosbie
The new unfair contract terms regime in the Australian Consumer Law and the ASIC Act will apply to the standard form …
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read moreSetting up a not-for-profit (NFP) or charitable organisation
17 November 2016 | Corporate & Commercial | Mark Smith
Whether you’ve found a cause, wish to set up a charitable organisation or looking to create a charitable sub-entity for your …
