Legal
Registered tax agents and BAS agents will be forced to hold professional indemnity insurance from 1 July 2011 under a draft proposal from The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) released today.
Ms Pippa Sampson, principal lawyer of Goddard Elliott, has been restrained from sending debt collection notices by the Federal Court in Melbourne after the ACCC alleged the debt collection notices were misleading and deceptive.
In New South Wales, the Business Names Act 2002 makes it compulsory for you to register a business name if you have been conducting business under a name other than your own name or your company’s name.
Adepto Publications Pty Ltd is alleged to have been ‘blowing’ advertisers, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission instituting proceedings against the company in the Federal Court, Sydney.
Telstra has brought its mobile phone warranty policy (with the exception of Apple’s iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3) in to line with its 24 month service contract lengths after discussions with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Employees in Ballarat have through the Fair Work Ombudsman been back-paid over $53,000 after an FWO ombudsman investigation found they had been underpaid.
Following a number of viral and successful YouTube parody videos, Theodore Saidden, creator of “Superwog”, decided to take things to the next level and capitalise on his success – by selling t-shirts.
Cabcharge has been fined $14 million plus costs in the Federal Court in Melbourne for three contraventions of section 46 of the Trade Practices Act 1974.
The NSW Anti-Discrimination Board has granted an exception to the Anti-Discrimination act to Trivett Automotive which will enable the company to recruit females only.
Metcash’s $215 million offer to acquire Franklins 85 supermarkets and distribution chain from South African based Pick n Pay Retailers (Pty) Limited has the ACCC considering whether to block the deal on competition grounds.
Australian businesses are unaware and unprepared about the new personal property securities legislation commencing May 1 next year.
Virgin Blue has accused Qantas of hiding behind Australia’s competition regulator the ACCC in its submissions to the regulator opposing Virgin Blue’s proposed deal with Etihad.
A Melbourne man who will need to have his foot amputated following a workplace accident was awarded $1.26 million in compensation for his pain and suffering and loss of employment in the Supreme Court of Victoria last week.
Liquor Stax Australia, the independent network of alcohol retailers and hotels is through the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission hoping a proposal to authorise Liquor Stax Australia to collectively bargain with a range of wholesale suppliers gets the green light.
Optus broadband is in the ACCC’s sights once more over the telco’s broadband advertising, this time for Optus’ ‘think bigger’ and ‘supersonic’ broadband promotions, taking the issue to the Federal Court Sydney.
The Federal Court has recently handed down a landmark decision and has decided that copyright does not exist in newspaper headlines. This decision affects news aggregators or services that summarise the work of others for distribution to their readers.
Legal entrepreneur Jeremy Szwider is the brainchild behind the innovative Bespoke Law. With global headquarters in Melbourne, this is the first virtual law firm of its kind to hit Australian shores.
No matter the size of your company, if you are a director, you have a number of duties and responsibilities to both the company and the public.
Business owners need to be aware and prepared for new mandatory product safety reporting requirements that begin 1 January 2011 ACCC deputy chair Peter Kell has warned.
Lachlan Murdoch and James Packer are set to face court over the collapse of One.Tel in 2001 after accounting firm Pitcher Partners filed a statement of claim with the Federal Court against One.Tel seeking $244 million in damages.
