A failure to register your security interests on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) could prove to be a costly mistake. What is the PPSR? The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) introduced a single national personal properties security register (PPSR) in 2012 for all debtors, all security interests, all types of personal property. […]
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Should you have a Shareholder or Partnership Agreement? The answer is probably yes. A partnership is an association of persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit. A shareholder is a person who owns shares in a company, and a unit holder is a person holding units in a unit trust.
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When buying or selling a business it is important not to overlook the intellectual property aspects of the transaction. For the vendor, proper analysis of intellectual property rights can ensure that the business is properly valued. For the purchaser, it is crucial to ensure that all intellectual property assets that the purchaser wishes to acquire
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Are you ready for the new regime? If you are a small business, or deal with small business you need to be on top of the changes being introduced by the Unfair Contract Terms laws commencing on 12 November 2016. The changes will extend protections now only afforded to consumer contracts to small business contracts.
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Brimelow v Alampi drea de matteo nude [2016] VSC 135 (8 April 2016) was a claim by an adult daughter against her mother’s estate for whom the deceased made no provision. Whilst the defendant had conceded that the deceased did in fact owe her daughter a moral duty and was therefore entitled to receive provision
The question before the Court in Anderson v City of Stonnington [2016] VSC 374 (“Anderson v Stonnington”) was whether the laneway in question was a road within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1989 (“LG Act”), the Road Management Act 2004 (“RM Act”) or a highway pursuant to the common law. The Court determined
The new withholding regime applies to contracts entered into on or after 1 July 2016. The regime imposes an obligation on a purchaser who purchases certain types of Australian assets with a market value of at least $2 million from foreign residents to collect and remit 10% of the purchase price to the Australian Taxation
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The Administration and Probate Act 1958 allows an eligible person to apply for additional provision to be made for them from the estate of the deceased where the deceased’s Will does not adequately provide for them. The Act uses a list-based approach, listing those who are eligible to apply. From 1 January 2015, the list
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New fencing laws came into operation in September 2014; the Fences Amendment Act 2014 (Vic) (“FAA”) updated and amended the Fences Act 1968. The main changes made by the FAA are: One simplified process for all fencing and subsidiary work involving the construction of a new dividing fence or the repair of an existing dividing
General Law Land In Victoria, General Law Land (also known as Old Law Land or “NUA” Land (Not under the Act)) is land that has not been brought under the operation of the Transfer of Land Act (TLA). Since 1999 it has been compulsory to bring land under the TLA on transaction (e.g. on the
