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Can you name a product after a celebrity in Australia? commercial law 16 Sep 2026

Can you name a product after a celebrity in Australia?

Explains the real legal risks of naming a product after a celebrity in Australia trade marks, misleading conduct and passing off plus how to market safely.

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Vicarious liability for Australian businesses and the duties that come with employees commercial law 16 Sep 2026

Vicarious liability for Australian businesses and the duties that come with employees

When is your business liable for what employees do at work? Learn the course of employment test, the supporting duties and how to cut vicarious liability risk.

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Superannuation in salary packages and employer obligations explained employment law 16 Sep 2026

Superannuation in salary packages and employer obligations explained

Understand superannuation in salary packages: the 12% rate, payday super timing, plus super versus inclusive wording, and the obligations keeping you compliant.

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Running a business from home and your legal obligations in Australia commercial law 16 Sep 2026

Running a business from home and your legal obligations in Australia

Running a business from home in Australia triggers council, tax, consumer, privacy and employment obligations. Here is what you must do before you trade.

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How patents work in Australia, the register, the process and the traps intellectual property 16 Sep 2026

How patents work in Australia, the register, the process and the traps

How Australian patents work: what is patentable, how the IP Australia register and application process operate, and the deadlines that can cost you your rights.

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How a discretionary trust works, a worked example for Australian business owners commercial law 16 Sep 2026

How a discretionary trust works, a worked example for Australian business owners

How a discretionary trust works in Australia: trustee and appointor roles, the yearly distribution cycle, and the tax traps small business owners face.

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Goodwill in a memorandum of understanding, what it means and what it does not do commercial law 16 Sep 2026

Goodwill in a memorandum of understanding, what it means and what it does not do

Goodwill in a memorandum of understanding explained: what it means, why it is not a legal obligation, and when a lawyer should review your MOU.

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How repudiation of a contract works in Australia commercial law 16 Sep 2026

How repudiation of a contract works in Australia

Repudiation explained for Australian business owners: what it is, how the choice to accept or affirm works, and when termination and damages are available.

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Professional indemnity insurance, what it covers and when your business needs it commercial law 16 Sep 2026

Professional indemnity insurance, what it covers and when your business needs it

Professional indemnity insurance in Australia: what it covers, what it excludes, when it is compulsory, and how it interacts with your contracts and the ACL.

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Unfair business practices under the ACL and what your business must avoid consumer law 16 Sep 2026

Unfair business practices under the ACL and what your business must avoid

The ACL bans five unfair business practices from referral selling to unconscionable conduct. Learn what your business must avoid and the penalties that apply.

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A Business Has Breached Your Contract, what to Do Next commercial law 16 Sep 2026

A Business Has Breached Your Contract, what to Do Next

When a business breaches your contract, you have options: negotiate, vary the terms, terminate or claim damages. Here is how to choose, step by step.

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Licensee explained, what a licence agreement gives you and what it doesn't intellectual property 15 Sep 2026

Licensee explained, what a licence agreement gives you and what it doesn't

Being a licensee means holding permission to use someone else's IP, not owning it. Here's how licence agreements actually work for Australian businesses.

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