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In our April 2016 Newsletter “Is your legal advisor a strategic business connector?”, partner Victoria Mezhvinsky explores the ways in which lawyers can assist their clients beyond providing legal advice.

Changes to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”) implemented on 12 March 2014 could mean new or increased obligations for your business with respect to privacy. 1. Do the changes to the Privacy Act affect my business? Any organisation that collects, stores, uses or discloses personal information about individuals and has an annual turnover

Changes to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”) implemented on 12 March 2014 could mean new or increased obligations for your business with respect to credit reporting. 1.Do the changes to the Privacy Act with respect to credit reporting apply to my business? If your business is classified as a “credit provider”

From 1 October 2014, new Court Rules were introduced to supplement the existing District Court Rules (Supplementary Rules). Amongst the changes was the introduction of Rules about building and construction disputes, for claims in excess of $100,000. These Rules relate to the steps that parties must take before they commence a Court action

As you may be aware the Personal Properties Securities Act (Commonwealth) 2009 (“PPSA”) was implemented in early 2012. It allows creditors, lenders or lessors, (the secured party) to secure title to, or an interest in, personal property in exchange for payment of a debt or an obligation by the borrower, debtor, lessee, (grantor) through a transaction relating to personal property.