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QCAT and Monetary Claims

Leave a Comment / Business, Contracts, Dispute / By Fletch

How to start proceedings in QCAT and the legal process involved from filing to hearing. What you can do yourself and when you need a lawyer.

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Resolving COVID Rent Issues

Business, Consumer, Contracts, Dispute, Investment / By Fletch

This time in 2020, most landlords and tenants assumed COVID would disrupt them for only a few months. Many people reached agreements in that period that assumed that by September 2020 they would be back to normal. Unfortunately, while true for some, there are many who have not been so lucky. Tenants, landlords, businesses and

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What is a Change of Control
Where a party to a contract is an incorporated company, any restriction on the assignment of the contract may be circumvented by transferring the shares in that party
Leasing Types and Legislation
A lease is the grant of an exclusive right to the use and occupation of land or part thereof, or of a building of part thereof. A lease
Restraints of Trade and Non-Compete Clauses
The Australian Government is soliciting feedback on worker non-compete clauses. This follows a U.S. policy banning non-compete clauses. In Australia such clauses are currently considered contrary to public policy unless reasonable.
Notarisation and Certified Copies
Requests generally ask for a “certified copy”, or less commonly a “notarised copy”. What does that mean?
Negotiable Instruments
A negotiable instrument is a signed document guaranteeing payment to a specific party. Additionally, debentures are regulated as securities under the Corporations Act.