Do we have to do what we are paid to do?

Sep 7, 2016

In Oliv­er Stone’s film Pla­toon, we see the expe­ri­ence of a young recruit in Viet­nam. His sergeant rein­forces his intol­er­ance for…
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The Hunger Games have arrived: HR are now the hunted!

Sep 7, 2016

One of the pur­pos­es of some­one form­ing a com­pa­ny is to enable an enter­prise to trade to the extent of the…
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Trade mark qual­i­ty con­trol sorts the geese from the turkeys

Aug 30, 2016

In Brief The recent deci­sion of the Full Fed­er­al Court in Lodestar Anstalt v Cam­pari Amer­i­ca LLC [2016] FCAFC 92 means…
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Penal­ties in Contracts 

Aug 19, 2016

Penal­ties in Contracts The basic prin­ci­ple of Aus­tralian con­tract law is free­dom of con­tract. How­ev­er, like free­dom in gen­er­al, free­dom of…
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Min­imis­ing employ­er redun­dan­cy obligations

Jul 26, 2016

A pro­vi­sion exists in the Fair Work Act, which enables employ­ers to apply to the Fair Work Com­mis­sion to min­imise…
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A Mes­si Patch­work of Image Rights

Jul 21, 2016

In Brief In the wake of inter­na­tion­al foot­ball star Lionel Mes­si’s recent fine and jail sen­tence asso­ci­at­ed with the earn­ings…
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ASX is mak­ing list­ing more dif­fi­cult for SMEs 

Jul 18, 2016

In Brief An ASX Media Release on 12 May 2016 set out a num­ber of changes, both imme­di­ate and pro­posed, to…
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Inher­i­tances in Fam­i­ly Law

Jul 13, 2016

Say you have recent­ly sep­a­rat­ed and no prop­er­ty or finan­cial set­tle­ment has yet been finalised. You have a very elder­ly great…
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Cannabis and Fam­i­ly Law

Jul 13, 2016

Cannabis. Mar­i­jua­na. Pot, Dope. Mull. Yarn­di. These are all names for the most com­mon­ly used ille­gal drug in Aus­tralia[1]. Pur­suant…
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Pay­ing Expens­es after Separation

Jul 12, 2016

Say you and your spouse/​partner sep­a­rate. There may or may not be chil­dren of the rela­tion­ship. Pri­or to your sep­a­ra­tion…
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