Business Law

This week I’ve been helping a client negotiate a sub-lease of a heritage-listed commercial property. I am a bit concerned because the landlord is somewhat notorious. However, my client feels that he is in a reasonably strong position, partly because...

As a lawyer with a computer science degree, I like to write the occasional bit of software, often in Microsoft WordBasic. We recently changed the fonts in our documents – Palatino Linotype for our letters and Gill Sans Nova Medium...

An old client came to us last week seeking independent advice on loan contract, guarantees and mortgages being given as security for a loan. The deal involved borrowing just over $175k for 6 months, but only receiving $150k after application...

We received an e-mail from an old IT client who had a trade mark issue. A cruise company wanted to register a trade mark in relation to some Apps it had developed. IP Australia said they were too similar to...

We started dealing with another company dispute this week. Our client has been left to run the business on his own for over a year without any help from his co-shareholders and directors. They have accused him of taking more...

I have been preparing documents for a client who wishes to sell some businesses. The buyer pulled out, but my client is now offering to sell for less and accept vendor finance over 3 years instead of 2. I had...

We spoke to an old colleague of Michael’s this week who is merging his business with the business of another old colleague. He needs a share swap agreement with the first guy’s company becoming a subsidiary of the second guy’s...

We’ve been helping a client with documentation to buy a café this week. A real estate agent who is acting for the seller put together a rather shonky sale agreement. We have drafted a proper one using our own pro...

A lot of businesses extend credit to their customers. We recommend businesses require their customers to make credit application, which incorporate the business’s terms of trade and can be registered on the personal property security register to give some priority...

People are starting to do business again. This week we received some instructions to: prepare a sale agreement for the sale of 20% of the units in a unit trust which owns a business, where the buyer is another unit...