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In our October 2013 edition of the Newsletter we summarised an important recent case on the issue of priorities and registration with regard to the Personal Properties Securities Act (‘PPSA’) and Personal Properties Securities Registrar (‘PPSR’). The purpose of this article is to alert readers that, on the second anniversary of the introduction of the…

Further to our September 2012 article titled “Attention Tradesmen … A Few Things About Payment Claims and BSA Licencing”, a recent Supreme Court case of Allaro Homes Cairns Pty Ltd v O’Reilly & Anor [2012] QCA 286 further establishes the importance of effectively drafting your building contracts and contract variations.

It’s that time of the year again. We have just celebrated Melbourne Cup, schoolies is just around the corner, office Christmas parties are in full swing and the summer festival season is about to begin. But with the year drawing to a close and the silly season nearly upon us, three things are certain: more…

If a business has proper credit control then this can limit the number of bad debts the business will have. Our advice to clients when we take on their debt collection work is that the most important thing they can do when agreeing to do work for a new customer is to identify clearly who…