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Modern Awards and the Transitional Provisions
Wed, Mar 3rd, 2010

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Essential Safety Measures for Commercial Properties
Tue, Nov 24th, 2009
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Wills & Estates
Tue, Oct 13th, 2009
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Workplace Relations
Impact of Fair Work Act
Thu, Sep 17th, 2009
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Intellectual Property
How Strong Branding can Help Build your Business
Tue, Sep 8th, 2009
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Copyright in compilations and databases - "more than just numbers"
A recent decision of the Federal Court re-iterates the difficult path copyright owners must take to protect commercially valuable compilations and databases.
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Lessons from the United States - Green building alarm bells
To date, there does not appear to be any useful case authority in Australia that deals directly with the legal consequences of a failure to achieve a green rating or a failure to comply with "green obligations" in a commercial construction project. For the time being we can draw upon a recent case in the United States dealing with green building risk.
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Proposed 'Plain English' disclosure requirements for franchisors
The expert panel appointed by the government to report on strengthening the unconscionable conduct provisions in the Trade Practices Act and further regulation of the franchising sector issued its report on 3 March 2010. Its a mixture of good and bad news for franchisors.
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Risk management in contracts as it relates to insurance
An often overlooked part of contract negotiation is the area of risk management as it related to insurance. Sometimes, template contract precedents are rolled out for the procurement of goods or services without much consideration being given to the inclusion of appropriate provisions dealing with insurance.
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Will challenge by neighbour succeeds
A neighbour was awarded $200,000 out of an estate valued at $1.7 million, in the recent Supreme Court case of Unger v Sanchez.
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States refer IR law making powers
All states (excluding Western Australia) are now covered by Federal industrial laws. This has significant consequences for sole traders, partnerships and trusts operating businesses in states which previously had their own independent system of industrial laws.
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