by Jeanette Jifkins | Aug 7, 2017 | Legal Articles
A contract, in its most basic form, is an agreement between parties that legally binds them. Even without a handshake to seal it. People bind themselves to contracts every day, sometimes without even realising it, and as a result also acquire certain legal rights and...
by Jeanette Jifkins | Jun 18, 2017 | Legal Articles
Is your business in line for an ACCC investigation? Industry has been slow to update unfair contract terms with the ACCC receiving 48 complaints about B2B contracts between November 2016 and March 2017. Clauses highlighted as potentially unfair covered: ability to end...
by Jeanette Jifkins | Jun 18, 2017 | Legal Articles
While a very simple contract may be able to be automated, more complex contracts will be a hybrid of automated and manual terms. While contracts generally don’t cover all eventualities, they are created in the context of broader contract law, and therefore the...
by Jeanette Jifkins | Jun 18, 2017 | Legal Articles
Do mandatory data breach notifications apply to you? From a compliance perspective, these laws don’t affect you unless you are already required to comply with Australian Privacy law. Which means, you must comply if: you operate a public, private or not for...
by Jeanette Jifkins | May 30, 2017 | Legal Articles
On 3 February 2017, Australian television broadcaster Foxtel televised a highly anticipated boxing match between two well-known boxers, Danny Green and Anthony Mundine. To watch the fight, viewers were required to subscribe through Foxtel and pay a fee to watch the...