Staff Profile: Helene Chryssidis
Helene’s Legal Odyssey: Juggling Motherhood, Career, and a Passion for Justice
Workplace Criminalisation: Labor Governments Criminalise Workplace Manslaughter and Wage Theft
In separate moves that further criminalise conduct in the workplace, the State Government has introduced industrial manslaughter as a criminal offence into South Australian safety law while the…
Seriously Injured Workers and the Obligation of Mutuality
The Court of Appeal ensures that the Return to Work Act recognises that the employment relationship is about far more than just the provision and performance of work duties.
New Reasons to Keep Your Contract Terms Fair
Substantial changes have been made to the Australian Consumer Law[1] to ensure standard form contracts contain fair terms that level the playing field for small to medium businesses and significantly…
Residential Tenancies Act Amendments Navigating the Impact on Landlords
The Residential Tenancies Act 1995 (SA) (Act) has recently undergone significant amendments, ushering in a new era of rights and responsibilities for landlords and tenants. Although these changes aim…
Parenting Matters Now Firmly Focused on Child’s Best Interests
In 2006, the Family Law Act (1975) (Act) was amended to introduce the presumption of parents having equal and shared parental responsibility for children. It was often argued that the amendment meant…
Is a Trade Mark License a Franchise?
In Australia, franchises are regulated by the Franchising Code of Conduct (Franchise Code) made under section 51 AE of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Commonwealth). A franchise consists of…
Deeds vs Agreements
Many legal documents are designated as either “Deeds” or “Agreements”. What are the differences, and pros and cons, of Deeds and Agreements? It is worth going back to basics to look at what these are…
Trade Mark Use/Copyright and Fair Dealing – AGL v Greenpeace
Trade mark owners of marks, which are logos or devices, are well advised to ensure that they own copyright in the marks, which are artistic works for the purposes of copyright. This will mean that in…
Discretionary Trust Deed Issues
As many members of the generation that discovered discretionary trusts, as the preferred legal arrangements under which to hold investments or conduct a business, now contemplate the use of these…
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