by Jeanette Jifkins | Mar 7, 2019 | Legal Articles
The UK is set to exit the European Union on 29 March 2019 and there still isn’t an agreed exit deal on the table. So what? It’s not the regulator that you have to worry about so much as all the service providers in the EU and UK that you work with who...
by Jeanette Jifkins | May 7, 2018 | Legal Articles
If your business is not in Europe, should you be worried about GDPR? GDPR has the potential to impact any business that might be doing business with a European resident, whether the business is online or not. This article covers some of the most frequently asked...
by Jeanette Jifkins | Oct 30, 2017 | Legal Articles
Do you remember the old Lemmings computer game? I think it came out in the early nineties. Lots of tiny blue and green figures with pick-axes trying to work their way through tunnels and mounds without falling off cliffs. Thats the picture I get when talking about...
by Jeanette Jifkins | Sep 26, 2017 | Legal Articles
The short answer is YES, it can be. But first let’s cover off some other frequently asked questions surrounding contracts. Do different countries have different preferences for scanned contracts? In a recent LinkedIn group discussion with other lawyers around...
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...