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Associated Entities in Australia, what the Definition Means for Your Business commercial law 23 Oct 2026

Associated Entities in Australia, what the Definition Means for Your Business

What makes two businesses associated entities under Australian law? A plain guide to the s 50AAA tests, the 2025 changes, and how it affects small employers.

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How to fast-track your trade mark examination in Australia intellectual property 23 Oct 2026

How to fast-track your trade mark examination in Australia

Expedited trade mark examination moves your IP Australia application to the front of the queue. Here's the process, the prerequisites and the pitfalls.

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How digital signatures become legally binding in Australia commercial law 23 Oct 2026

How digital signatures become legally binding in Australia

How digital signatures become legally binding in Australia: the electronic signature test, company execution rules, and the records that prove a signature.

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Should your online store open a physical shopfront commercial law 23 Oct 2026

Should your online store open a physical shopfront

Opening a physical store for your online business? Consider these Australian legal factors, from retail leases and consumer guarantees to privacy and staff.

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Duty of confidence explained and what Australian employers need to know employment law 22 Oct 2026

Duty of confidence explained and what Australian employers need to know

The duty of confidence stops employees using your confidential information after they leave. Learn its three elements and how to protect your business.

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Deeds of indemnity for directors and officers, how the protection works commercial law 22 Oct 2026

Deeds of indemnity for directors and officers, how the protection works

How deeds of indemnity for directors and officers work: what the Corporations Act allows and prohibits, plus legal costs, access rights and D&O insurance.

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How companies execute documents under section 127 of the Corporations Act commercial law 22 Oct 2026

How companies execute documents under section 127 of the Corporations Act

How section 127 of the Corporations Act lets companies sign documents and deeds: signatory rules, electronic signing, and assumptions counterparties rely on.

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Your company can't pay its debts, what are your options? commercial law 22 Oct 2026

Your company can't pay its debts, what are your options?

Your company can't pay its debts. A director's options: informal restructuring, voluntary administration or liquidation, and the personal risks of waiting.

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How unfair contract terms rules work for startups and scaleups commercial law 22 Oct 2026

How unfair contract terms rules work for startups and scaleups

How Australia's unfair contract terms regime works for startups and scaleups: the legal tests, standard form thresholds and new penalties from November 2023.

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Vitiating factors in Australian contract law, a guide for business owners commercial law 22 Oct 2026

Vitiating factors in Australian contract law, a guide for business owners

How misrepresentation, duress, undue influence and unconscionable conduct can make an Australian commercial contract void, voidable or unenforceable.

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Negotiating a business contract and when to bring in a lawyer commercial law 22 Oct 2026

Negotiating a business contract and when to bring in a lawyer

Wondering whether to get a lawyer for a contract negotiation? Here are the factors that decide it, from the stakes to how one-sided the terms really are.

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What you're really buying when you buy a creative agency commercial law 21 Oct 2026

What you're really buying when you buy a creative agency

Buying a creative agency? Learn what transfers in the deal: the brand, the IP, the team and the restraints under Australian law, and what to check first.

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