by aslaumbe | May 24, 2024 | Commercial Agreement & Disputes News, Ligitations News, News
I regularly receive phone calls from people asking me to witness their signature. When I enquire further about what they are signing, usually they clarify it is just some loan documentation from a lender and it’s only about 100 to 150 pages! They then admit that...
by aslaumbe | Dec 1, 2023 | Commercial Agreement & Disputes News, Ligitations News, News
Many large businesses use a standard form contract when dealing with customers. This ensures the same terms and conditions apply to every transaction involving the supply of goods or services. The purpose is to prevent negotiations between parties, saving the business...
by aslaumbe | Feb 21, 2023 | Commercial Agreement & Disputes News, Ligitations News, News
For some time now under the Australian Consumer Law, where a term of a standard form consumer contract (i.e. one where an individual is acquiring a financial product or service under the contract wholly or predominantly for personal, domestic or household use or...
by aslaumbe | Aug 29, 2021 | Commercial Agreement & Disputes News, Ligitations News, News
Late last year the NSW Court of Appeal decided a test case in which a tourist park and a retail business attempted to claim on their insurance policies for business interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although each policy provided cover for business...
by aslaumbe | Aug 29, 2021 | Commercial Agreement & Disputes News, Leases News, Litigation News, News
As a result of NSW and especially Sydney being placed into lockdown in recent weeks, the State Government has now reintroduced the Mandatory Code of Conduct for Commercial Leasing to provide rent relief for eligible retail and commercial tenants impacted by COVID-19...
by aslaumbe | Jul 3, 2017 | Business Sale & Purchase News, Commercial Agreement & Disputes News, Conveyancing News, Leases News, Ligitations News, News
Changes to Retail Leases Act The Retail Leases Act 1994 applies to most retail shop leases in NSW. Amending legislation, which commenced on 1 July 2017, introduces significant reforms including the following changes: * The requirement that a retail lease must...
