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Severance pay in Australia and employer obligations when employment ends employment law 16 Sep 2026

Severance pay in Australia and employer obligations when employment ends

Severance in Australia: the payments employers must make when employment ends, from notice and redundancy pay to final pay timing and genuine redundancy rules.

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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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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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The Queensland Nickel Collapse, shadow Director Lessons for Business Owners commercial law 15 Sep 2026

The Queensland Nickel Collapse, shadow Director Lessons for Business Owners

The Queensland Nickel collapse shows how a resigned director can still owe director duties as a shadow director. Learn the risks and how a lawyer can help.

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Responding to an Unfair Dismissal Application, your 7-Day Window employment law 15 Sep 2026

Responding to an Unfair Dismissal Application, your 7-Day Window

Employers have 7 days to respond to an unfair dismissal application. Learn the Form F3 steps, jurisdictional objections and conciliation process.

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Offers and counteroffers, how contracts form in Australia commercial law 15 Sep 2026

Offers and counteroffers, how contracts form in Australia

What is a counteroffer and when does it kill a deal? A plain-English guide to offers, acceptance and contract formation for Australian businesses.

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Debt recovery, choosing between a collection agency and a lawyer commercial law 15 Sep 2026

Debt recovery, choosing between a collection agency and a lawyer

Choosing between a debt collection agency and a lawyer for unpaid invoices? We compare commission, fixed fees, statutory demands and the six-year clock.

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The vs a in contracts and what the difference means for your obligations commercial law 15 Sep 2026

The vs a in contracts and what the difference means for your obligations

The and a are not interchangeable in a contract. Learn what each article means, how Australian courts read the words and when the choice matters most.

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Anatomy of an indemnity clause, what to include and why commercial law 14 Sep 2026

Anatomy of an indemnity clause, what to include and why

What an indemnification provision does, the drafting choices that make it enforceable, and when a one-sided indemnity clause becomes an unfair contract term.

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Cybersquatting in Australia and how to get your domain name back cyber law 14 Sep 2026

Cybersquatting in Australia and how to get your domain name back

Cybersquatting in Australia: what to do when someone registers your brand as a domain name, from demand letters to auDRP and UDRP dispute proceedings.

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Directing employees to take annual leave, the rules and the risks employment law 13 Sep 2026

Directing employees to take annual leave, the rules and the risks

Directing employees to take annual leave is legal only in limited situations. Learn the shutdown and excess leave rules, the reasonableness test and the risks.

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