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Mediation or arbitration and choosing the right path for a commercial dispute dispute resolution 13 Aug 2026

Mediation or arbitration and choosing the right path for a commercial dispute

Choosing mediation or arbitration for your commercial dispute? Compare the cost, confidentiality, finality and enforceability of each to pick the right path.

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IT services agreements and what a signed contract protects when a client dispute hits commercial law 13 Aug 2026

IT services agreements and what a signed contract protects when a client dispute hits

Working without a signed IT services agreement leaves scope, deadlines and code ownership open to dispute. A written contract protects you when it goes wrong.

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Agreement to agree and whether a promise to negotiate later can be enforced commercial law 13 Aug 2026

Agreement to agree and whether a promise to negotiate later can be enforced

An agreement to agree leaves key commercial terms for later negotiation. Find out when Australian courts will enforce one and how to draft for certainty.

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Terminating a contract by mutual agreement in Australia commercial law 13 Aug 2026

Terminating a contract by mutual agreement in Australia

Terminate a contract by mutual agreement in Australia: what to check first, what the termination deed must cover, and where clean exits usually go wrong.

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Liquidated damages in Australia, what they are and when courts enforce them commercial law 13 Aug 2026

Liquidated damages in Australia, what they are and when courts enforce them

Liquidated damages in Australia explained: what they are, how courts test them against the penalty rule, and what makes a clause enforceable in practice.

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What makes a contract term unfair in Australia commercial law 12 Aug 2026

What makes a contract term unfair in Australia

What constitutes an unfair contract term in Australia: the three-part legal test, which contracts the rules cover, and the penalties since the 2023 reforms.

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Terms and conditions for service businesses, a clause-by-clause guide commercial law 12 Aug 2026

Terms and conditions for service businesses, a clause-by-clause guide

What belongs in a service business's terms and conditions? A clause-by-clause guide to scope, payment, liability caps and the ACL rules that constrain them.

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How Ending Employment Works Under the Fair Work Act 2009 employment law 12 Aug 2026

How Ending Employment Works Under the Fair Work Act 2009

How the Fair Work Act 2009 governs ending employment: minimum notice, final pay, unfair dismissal, adverse action and genuine redundancy.

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Compromise in commercial contracts, what it means and when it binds commercial law 12 Aug 2026

Compromise in commercial contracts, what it means and when it binds

What does compromise mean in commercial contracts? How settlements and releases bind parties, what consideration involves, and when you need a lawyer.

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Refusing Annual Leave Requests, how the Rules Work employment law 12 Aug 2026

Refusing Annual Leave Requests, how the Rules Work

When can an Australian employer refuse annual leave? How the reasonableness test under the Fair Work Act works, plus rules on excessive leave and shutdowns.

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Logistics contracts in Australia and the clauses that decide who pays when freight goes wrong commercial law 11 Aug 2026

Logistics contracts in Australia and the clauses that decide who pays when freight goes wrong

Logistics contracts decide who pays when freight is lost, damaged or late. Read the essential clauses before you sign, from liability caps to the PPSR.

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The deed of acknowledgement of debt, clause by clause commercial law 11 Aug 2026

The deed of acknowledgement of debt, clause by clause

Drafting a deed of acknowledgement of debt? Here are the clauses that make it enforceable, how it resets limitation periods and when security helps.

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