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Summary dismissal and when can you dismiss an employee without notice employment law 25 Sep 2026

Summary dismissal and when can you dismiss an employee without notice

Summary dismissal ends employment without notice, but only for serious misconduct. Learn when it is lawful, the risks and the process that protects you.

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What Consequential Loss Means in Commercial Contracts commercial law 25 Sep 2026

What Consequential Loss Means in Commercial Contracts

Consequential loss decides who pays for lost profits and downtime in Australian commercial contracts. Here's what it means and how courts read it.

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Employer obligations under the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act, pay secrecy, fixed-term contracts and flexible work employment law 24 Sep 2026

Employer obligations under the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act, pay secrecy, fixed-term contracts and flexible work

Pay secrecy, fixed-term contracts, flexible work and bargaining: the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act obligations Australian employers must now meet, with deadlines.

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Resolving a shareholder dispute and court orders or a negotiated exit commercial law 24 Sep 2026

Resolving a shareholder dispute and court orders or a negotiated exit

Weighing court orders against a negotiated exit in a shareholder dispute? A guide to the options for Australian business owners stuck in a 50/50 deadlock.

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What counts as an offer in Australian contract law commercial law 23 Sep 2026

What counts as an offer in Australian contract law

Understand what counts as an offer in Australian contract law, the elements courts check, and the mistakes that create contracts you never meant to make.

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How breach of confidence law works in Australia commercial law 23 Sep 2026

How breach of confidence law works in Australia

How confidentiality law works in Australia: the three elements of a breach of confidence, where obligations come from, and the remedies a business can seek.

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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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Lawyer duties to clients, what to expect and when to act commercial law 23 Sep 2026

Lawyer duties to clients, what to expect and when to act

Australian lawyers owe their clients duties of confidentiality, loyalty, competence and honesty. Here is what to expect and where those duties come from.

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Negotiating a deal for your small business and what to protect before you sign commercial law 22 Sep 2026

Negotiating a deal for your small business and what to protect before you sign

Negotiating a contract for your small business: prepare walk-away points, trade concessions, know when a handshake deal binds and which terms hurt you.

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How the Fair Work Commission works, a guide for Australian employers employment law 22 Sep 2026

How the Fair Work Commission works, a guide for Australian employers

How the Fair Work Commission works for employers: awards, enterprise agreements, unfair dismissal, the annual wage review and where a lawyer can help.

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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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Bona fide redundancy in Australia and your obligations as an employer employment law 22 Sep 2026

Bona fide redundancy in Australia and your obligations as an employer

Run a compliant bona fide redundancy in Australia: the genuine redundancy test, consultation and redeployment duties, and the payments you must make.

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