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Fit for purpose and the consumer guarantee your business cannot contract out of consumer law 25 Sep 2026

Fit for purpose and the consumer guarantee your business cannot contract out of

Fit for purpose is a non-excludable consumer guarantee under the ACL. Who it covers, the $100,000 threshold, and the remedies when goods or services fail.

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Why small businesses fail, the avoidable legal and financial traps commercial law 24 Sep 2026

Why small businesses fail, the avoidable legal and financial traps

Small businesses fail for avoidable reasons. Learn the financial and legal traps behind business failure in Australia and the fixes that keep you trading.

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What to include in your business's terms and conditions commercial law 24 Sep 2026

What to include in your business's terms and conditions

What should Australian businesses include in their terms and conditions? A clause-by-clause guide to drafting T&Cs that hold up under Australian Consumer Law.

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Recruitment agreements and the clauses that protect your agency's fees commercial law 24 Sep 2026

Recruitment agreements and the clauses that protect your agency's fees

What belongs in a recruitment agreement? The clauses that protect your fees: service scope, fee triggers, temp-to-perm conversions, guarantees and liability.

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Software as a service agreements and the clauses that decide the deal commercial law 24 Sep 2026

Software as a service agreements and the clauses that decide the deal

What a software as a service agreement should cover: the clauses on price, data, IP and liability that decide whether the deal works for your business.

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Legally binding contracts in Australia and the six elements of an enforceable deal commercial law 23 Sep 2026

Legally binding contracts in Australia and the six elements of an enforceable deal

What makes a contract legally binding in Australia? The six essential elements of an enforceable deal, the common myths, and when a lawyer's review is worth it.

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Marketing emails in Australia and your legal obligations as a business privacy 22 Sep 2026

Marketing emails in Australia and your legal obligations as a business

Your marketing emails in Australia must comply with the Spam Act and Privacy Act. Learn the consent, unsubscribe and penalty rules that apply to your business.

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ACCC v Employsure and what the regulator's unfair contract terms loss means for your contracts commercial law 22 Sep 2026

ACCC v Employsure and what the regulator's unfair contract terms loss means for your contracts

ACCC v Employsure: the regulator lost its unfair contract terms case, but penalties now apply. Find out what the ruling means for your standard contracts.

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Building consumer trust online and what the Australian Consumer Law requires consumer law 22 Sep 2026

Building consumer trust online and what the Australian Consumer Law requires

Legally building consumer trust online means accurate pricing, honest refunds and fair website terms. Here is what the Australian Consumer Law requires.

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Grounds in legal agreements, what they are and why they matter commercial law 21 Sep 2026

Grounds in legal agreements, what they are and why they matter

What do grounds mean in legal agreements? A plain-English guide to termination, withholding payment and Australian Consumer Law limits on one-sided clauses.

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Startup legal obligations and what to plan for before you launch commercial law 21 Sep 2026

Startup legal obligations and what to plan for before you launch

Legal obligations Australian startups take on at launch: structure, registration, GST, consumer law, privacy, hiring, IP, and penalties for getting them wrong.

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What belongs in an affiliate agreement, a clause-by-clause guide commercial law 21 Sep 2026

What belongs in an affiliate agreement, a clause-by-clause guide

Reviewing an affiliate agreement? Here is what each clause should cover, from commissions and brand rules to termination, plus the traps to watch out for.

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