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Contracts don’t have to be in Writing to make them Binding
People bind themselves to contracts every day, sometimes without even realising it, and as a result also acquire certain legal rights and responsibilities.
Types of Contracts
Sometimes the type of contract you are looking for in business is not the type of contract you need.
Is a scanned Contract legally binding in Australia?
A scanned contract is proof of the original, provided no one has photo-shopped it. So a scanned contract will have the same force and effect as the original paper contract.
GDPR and the impact of a ‘no deal’ Brexit
The UK is scheduled to exit from the EU on 29 March 2019 There are substantial negotiations underway for transitioning of legal, trade and other relations between the UK and the EU after Brexit happens. At this stage, many of the negotiations have been unsuccessful...
Pause Before You Threaten Legal Action for Stolen Intellectual Property
Stop and Pause: being too quick to assert your Intellectual Property rights could land you in hot water Do you think that someone is using your work in an illegal way? Stop and pause before you threaten them with legal action, as accusing someone of infringing your...
Is it OK to Use Trade Marks in Adwords, Keywords and Metatags?
Trade marks can be used in hidden text In March 2016 Her Honour Justice Katzmann made it very clear that using a competitor’s trade mark in the unseen back end of your online advertising accounts is not a breach of trade mark law, nor is it misleading or...
Unfair Contract Terms – B2B Contracts Under Investigation
Is your business in line for an ACCC investigation? From November 2016, business to business transactions came within the coverage of some provisions of the Australian Consumer Law. The big change was the application of unfair contract terms to business to business...
Internet Piracy Laws Australia
How do Australian anti-piracy laws work? As a small or medium business, stopping internet piracy of your content involves a claim under Copyright Law, after you have asked someone to 'cease and desist' stealing your material. Since mid-2015, Australian ISPs (internet...
Transition from Onyx Online Law to Onyx Legal
Transition From Onyx Online Law to Onyx Legal We have a new name! From the beginning of 2019 we will be transitioning from Onyx Online Law to Onyx Legal. Why? Well, as a forward looking business we give strategic consideration each year to where we are headed, and...
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