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Unfair Contract Terms in a Business to Business Contract
Unfair Contract Terms in a Business to Business Contract In a recent Federal Court case, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v J J Richards & Sons Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 1224, the Federal Court found that a number of terms in a standard form contract...
Demerit Points Suspension of Your Driver Licence
Demerit Points Suspension of Your Driver Licence Under the demerits points system points are allocated for a range of driving offences and at the date of each offence points are placed on the record of the licence holder. Once the threshold number of demerit points is...
Summary of 2017 Family Provision Cases
Summary of 2017 Family Provision Cases Estate MPS, deceased 4/5/17 - Value of Estate/ Notional Estate - $2,000,000 Plaintiff claimed a close relationship with deceased providing support and personal care for over 2 years. Deceased’s brother entitled to whole estate...
Do You Need More Than A Will? – Other Things To Consider
Do You Need More Than A Will? - Other Things To Consider Most people understand the importance of a Will i.e. it is a document by which a person disposes of their assets after their death. But the crucial thing to remember is that a Will only operates from the date of...
Surrender of Retail and Commercial Leases
Surrender of Retail and Commercial Leases When a landlord and a tenant both agree to terminate a lease before its expiry date this is called a surrender of Lease. A lease creates an interest in land in favour of the tenant and constitutes a contract between the...