Rights of Shareholders and Directors to Access Company Documents
Shareholder Rights to Access Company Records As a shareholder, it is your right to ensure that the company you are invested in is operating transparently and responsibly. If you suspect financial mismanagement or misconduct, such as the misappropriation of assets, excessive compensation for directors, unaccounted dividends, or discrepancies in taxation, you may wish to inspect […]
Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Proceedings
In Queensland the “Work Health and Safety framework” contains a mix of legislation and “Codes of Practice”. The goal of the Framework is to provide safe work environments and practices across various industries. To achieve this goal, Work Health and Safety Queensland actively enforces the law. Under Queensland law, it is a criminal offence to […]
Lawyers For Business Disputes
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Remedies For Breach of Contract
Following a breach of contract, the injured party may be able to claim damages or another remedy. Our litigation lawyers can act quickly to protect your rights.
Breach Of Contract
Our Brisbane civil & commercial litigation lawyers can assist if you are in a contract dispute or need to sue for breach of contract or terminate a contract.
Unfair Dismissal Over Facebook Content
Unfair Dismissal Over Facebook Content A recent case ruling in favour of an employee who was unfairly dismissed from his employment, has highlighted some issues regarding social media conduct by employees and the management of such conduct by employers. In Stutsel v Linfox Australia Pty Ltd Mr Stutsel had been employed as a truck driver for […]
Unfair Contract Terms
National Unfair Contract Terms The Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009 The Bill is the first stage of the Commonwealth Government’s implementation of the national consumer policy framework. It amends the Trade Practices Act to establish the Australian Consumer Law as a schedule to that Act. As well as introducing new penalties, enforcement […]
Basic Legal Contractual Concepts – Everyday Occurrences
Basic Legal Contractual Concepts – Everyday Occurrences The following is not meant to be a law lecture, but provides an overview of how some important parts of contracts can affect everyday life. That could be for example involving the purchase of a house, the lease of a property, hiring business equipment and giving guarantees or […]
Retention of Title Clauses
Retention Of Title Clauses The Sale of Goods Act 1896 (Qld) permits a seller to retain the property in the goods sold under a contract of sale until certain conditions imposed by the seller are fulfilled. Such a right is not implied or inferred, and therefore, has to be stipulated in the contract of sale. […]
Proposed Amendments To Taxation Of Employee Equity Schemes
Proposed Amendments To Taxation Of Employee Equity Schemes The Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2009 and the Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Bill 2009 have been recently introduced into the House of Representatives. The Bills have introduced a new regime and some additional limitations on the provision of employee shares […]