Tag: Legal

Asteria Joinery’s director Ryan Marsh was fined $16,900 after a prosecution by the Fair Work Ombudsman for underpaying workers at his company more than $31,000.

A must read for all professionals and professional associations – Professions and the Trade Practices Act – has been launched by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission deputy chair Michael Schaper.

Peter Carter was appointed managing partner of Carter Capner Law in 1995 and has spent the past 15 years cementing the firm’s position as one of Queensland’s leading legal practices.

When the publication of information is no longer confined to newspapers, a basic knowledge of how defamation laws work becomes relevant to business owners who blog or tweet. A careless statement, even if it was intended to be an honest opinion, may open you to a host of problems.

Internet service provider (ISP) iiNet has claimed victory in a major legal battle over whether it should be held responsible for its customers downloading illegal content. In a landmark case, brought against iiNet by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), Justice Dennis Cowdroy found iiNet was not responsible for the infringements of its users […]

Is tax time a dreaded chore? A combination of annual accounts and audit fears? Mark Muller and Peter Bembrick look at how you can maximise the time and effort spent on preparing annual accounts and becoming audit ready by turning this into a valuable activity for improving your business. While not all businesses need to […]

The government’s Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) recently signed the financial intelligence units of the Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, and St Kitts and Nevis to memoranda of understanding (MOU), allowing access to financial information for Australian law enforcement and other relevant government agencies. The MOU will assist in the detection and prosecution of […]

While the financial benefits of being a sole trader are more enticing than those of being a private company, the business risks can be scary. Gavin Dixon explains why setting up as a private company is a business owner’s best protection from liability. The biggest decision many young, aspiring entrepreneurs faced when setting up the […]

When it comes to retail leases, most business owners would agree there is currently a severe imbalance between landlords and tenants. But changes to the Retail Leases Act could change retail lease negotiations in New South Wales. Although the present rent regulations in New South Wales are aimed at stabilising tenancies, they are often arbitrary. […]

Do you know your Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) obligations about workplace safety training? Any idea what ignorance of OHS training obligations could cost you? And what it might cost employees, perhaps serious injury or even their lives? Here are the crucial OHS clauses. Employees have a legal right to be sufficiently trained to undertake […]