From time to time in business it may become necessary to enforce your legal rights by way of Court action. You may, for example, need to enforce the terms of a contract, seek redress for negligence or enforce your statutory rights. If you do find yourself in that...
Developers and foreign investors should be aware that in response to the recent Queensland State Budget there will be an increased stamp duty surcharge on foreign buyers for the acquisition of residential property, under the Duties Act 2001, from 1 July 2018. The...
The recent case of FKP Commercial Developments Pty Ltd (“FKP”) v Albion Mill FCP Pty Ltd (“Albion Mill”) has highlighted that when disposing of “contaminated land” in Queensland that vendors should be clear and unequivocal when constructing and serving the relevant...
By Ruby Mackenzie-Harris and Brad Vinning Have you thought about whether you need to register your business’ domain name as a trade mark? Depending on your circumstances, this may or may not be a necessary step to protect your intellectual property (“IP”). Getting...
We are delighted to announce that our CK Agribusiness team, and in particular our Consultant and Head of the CK Agribusiness team, Tim Ferrier, has been recognised in the 2018 Doyle’s Guide to Australia’s best legal firms and lawyers in the following categories:...
By Ruby Mackenzie-Harris and Brad Vinning Did you know that if your business uses or collects the data of customers, clients or users who reside in the European Union, you will have to comply with the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) as of 25 May...
EDIT 31 MAY 2018: The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services has now issued an explanatory statement as well as a draft declaration and draft regulations which outline various rights and agreements which are proposed to be exempted from the ‘ipso facto’...
By Peter Karcher and Elle Zhang You are a successful beauty product expert, blogger, entrepreneur, Instagram sensation and most importantly, a hard working business owner. You sell your popular products (these life-changing little bottles of face oil) through online...
By Peter Karcher and Elle Zhang If you are a supplier (of services or products) or just a hard working business owner, chances are, you have tried to sneak in an automatic renewal clause in your standard terms and conditions (or have, in fact, successfully...
By Murray Procter and Ben Keenan In an age when the most popular form of communication is limited to 280 characters, it is unsurprising that the public’s tolerance for dense, overly complex legal contracts is in decline. It now appears that the process of...
In November 2017 we released an update about draft Federal legislation proposing to shift the responsibility for paying GST on new residential premises from Developers to Purchasers (“GST Withholding law”). These amendments have now passed through parliament. The...
By Peter Karcher, Partner and Jake Reid, Lawyer Six weeks after the commencement of the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) published its first quarterly report on mandatory data breach...