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Online Learning: Protecting Your Business Online
As a Business Owner it is hard to find practical legal answers. Watch these 7 short videos to better protect your business online and how to manage the essential legal issues. Get the answers you need for your business about Consumer Protection, Privacy, Terms & Conditions, Website Ownership, Copyright Law, Managing Testimonials, Comments and Review and staying Anti-Spam Compliant.
What Are Shareholder Agreements and Why Are They Important?
As with all business relationships, it is important for all parties to understand their rights and responsibilities, contributions, and entitlements. This is the same for the shareholders of a company.
The 7 Key Legal Issues in Buying a Business
If you are interested in buying a business, whether this is your first time or your tenth, there are some key legal issues you should be aware of.
Can Doctors Use Testimonials in Australia?
Registered health practitioners in Australia are required to comply with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) advertising guidelines. So can doctors use testimonials in Australia? Read more here.
Save Money with Business Name Registration, Australia
Need help understanding your business name situation, or want to register your business name as a trade mark?
What Happens When Business Founders Want to Split Up?
Unless the founders had something clear in writing beforehand, there is no end to the variety of things that can happen when founders want to go separate ways.
If there is nothing in writing and the split is not amicable, all sorts of time consuming, distracting and stressful things can happen.
Here are some of the worst-case scenarios we have seen in practice, all where there was nothing in writing to start.
What To Think About Before Signing A Standard Commercial Lease Or Retail Lease
We work with both landlords and tenants in Retail Shop Leases (RSL) and Commercial Tenancy agreements. This article is focused more on tenants.
What are some of the most important considerations that people should keep in mind before going into a lease?
Employers’ Obligation to Protect Employee Mental Health
We’ve all taken a ‘doona day’ off work because we just can’t face it on that day. Or we know someone who has. It doesn’t matter whether the stress is arising from work or not, some days, you just want the world to stop, so you can get off.
But what about your obligations as a small business employer?
Are you a Tenant entering into a Commercial or Retail Shop Lease in Queensland?
Most businesses sign a Lease Offer before seeking legal advice. This is not wrong, although our experience is that seeking legal advice before you sign the Lease Offer often achieves better leasing outcomes, and can save you losing a non-refundable deposit.
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