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The Queensland Nickel Collapse, shadow Director Lessons for Business Owners commercial law 15 Sep 2026

The Queensland Nickel Collapse, shadow Director Lessons for Business Owners

The Queensland Nickel collapse shows how a resigned director can still owe director duties as a shadow director. Learn the risks and how a lawyer can help.

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Winding up a trust in Australia and the process, step by step commercial law 15 Sep 2026

Winding up a trust in Australia and the process, step by step

How to close a trust in Australia: the winding-up steps in order, from the trust deed and vesting date to final distributions, tax returns and deregistration.

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Offers and counteroffers, how contracts form in Australia commercial law 15 Sep 2026

Offers and counteroffers, how contracts form in Australia

What is a counteroffer and when does it kill a deal? A plain-English guide to offers, acceptance and contract formation for Australian businesses.

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Debt recovery, choosing between a collection agency and a lawyer commercial law 15 Sep 2026

Debt recovery, choosing between a collection agency and a lawyer

Choosing between a debt collection agency and a lawyer for unpaid invoices? We compare commission, fixed fees, statutory demands and the six-year clock.

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What counts as intellectual property and ten worked examples for Australian business intellectual property 15 Sep 2026

What counts as intellectual property and ten worked examples for Australian business

Ten intellectual property examples show what counts: trade marks, copyright, designs, patents and trade secrets can protect your business in Australia.

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The vs a in contracts and what the difference means for your obligations commercial law 15 Sep 2026

The vs a in contracts and what the difference means for your obligations

The and a are not interchangeable in a contract. Learn what each article means, how Australian courts read the words and when the choice matters most.

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How to apply for a patent in Australia, a step-by-step guide intellectual property 15 Sep 2026

How to apply for a patent in Australia, a step-by-step guide

How to register a patent in Australia, step by step: what makes an invention patentable, provisional vs standard applications, examination, and renewals.

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Should you use a nominee director for your Australian company commercial law 15 Sep 2026

Should you use a nominee director for your Australian company

Weighing up nominee director services in Australia? Here are the factors to weigh, the duties a nominee takes on and when a lawyer can help you decide.

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Paying director fees in Australia and your company's legal obligations commercial law 14 Sep 2026

Paying director fees in Australia and your company's legal obligations

What must your company do when paying director fees in Australia? Approvals, PAYG, STP and super obligations, plus the penalties for getting them wrong.

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Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure, what your business must do privacy 14 Sep 2026

Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure, what your business must do

Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure for Australian businesses: who the Privacy Act covers, the $3 million exemption, breach notification and penalties.

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ASIC director requirements and what directors of Australian companies must do commercial law 14 Sep 2026

ASIC director requirements and what directors of Australian companies must do

ASIC director requirements explained: eligibility, Director IDs, 28-day notification rules and the conduct duties every Australian company director must meet.

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Anatomy of an indemnity clause, what to include and why commercial law 14 Sep 2026

Anatomy of an indemnity clause, what to include and why

What an indemnification provision does, the drafting choices that make it enforceable, and when a one-sided indemnity clause becomes an unfair contract term.

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