Beware of unfair general security terms when dealing with SMEs
Small businesses should review general security clauses in their standard contracts to avoid findings of unfair, void or unenforceable contracts.
By Richard Winter - 4 min readSmall businesses should review general security clauses in their standard contracts to avoid findings of unfair, void or unenforceable contracts.
By Richard Winter - 4 min readA guide to the bill currently before Federal Parliament and the wide-ranging reforms to Australia’s Unfair Contract Terms regime.
By Ayman Guirguis, Thomas Shaw, Jessica Mandla, Mei Gong and James Gray - 6 min readAre you ready for the new laws extending the unfair contract terms regime to insurance contracts?
By Ray Giblett, Matt Ellis and Timothy Chan - 6 min readTime limits – love ‘em or hate ‘em, you’ve gotta know them.
By Jennifer O'Brien - 3 min readHigh Court gives the green light to controversial ‘book-up’ system. By TALITHA FISHBURN.
By Talitha Fishburn - 7 min readTALITHA FISHBURN takes a closer look at whether ambiguity in a contract is required as a precondition to admit evidence of ‘surrounding circumstances’?
By Talitha Fishburn - 6 min readIn the coming months there will be important changes to the way the security of payment regime operates in NSW. By ANDREW BAILEY.
By Andrew Bailey - 6 min readIn Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v JJ Richards & Sons Pty Ltd, the Federal Court applied new laws that protect small businesses from unfair…
By Michael Corrigan and Matthew Evans - 5 min readThe adoption of smart contracts continues to grow, comprising a variety of contractual relationships partly automated by computer software and which run on blockchain technology….
By Michael Bacina and Katrine Narkiewicz - 7 min readAustralia will soon be eligible to accede to the 2005 United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts. By JOHN WAKEFIELD…
By John Wakefield and Cari-Dee Le - 9 min readThe High Court has followed established authority in holding that an ambiguous provision in a commercial contract should be construed by having regard to the…
By Paul Martin - 5 min readWhether post-employment restraints will be enforceable after termination can be an important issue where a senior employee is deciding whether to leave in the face…
By Paul Moorhouse - 5 min readThe NSWCA has confirmed that where contractual warranties are assigned, the assignee may recover damages even where the warranties were breached before the assignment took…
By Paul Martin - 3 min read