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Franchise Update

Posted April 19th, 2019 by Tucker & Cowen Solicitors

By David Schwarz, & Brent Weston, Tucker & Cowen, Solicitors, Brisbane. Recap of the regulatory landscape Commercial arrangements classed as ‘franchise agreements’ ...

Beware foreign investments in your client’s business

Posted October 29th, 2018 by Tucker & Cowen Solicitors

By Richard Cowen & Alex Nase, Tucker & Cowen, Solicitors, Brisbane. Kadam v MiiResorts Group 1 Pty Ltd (No 5) [2018] FCA ...

Good Faith in Contracts

Posted September 15th, 2018 by Tucker & Cowen Solicitors

By Paul Armit & Scott Hornsey, Tucker & Cowen, Solicitors, Brisbane. The recent case of Lien & Anor v Clontarf Residential Pty ...

How the “Ipso Facto” Reforms affect your business

Posted August 21st, 2018 by Tucker & Cowen Solicitors

By Robert Tooth & Ben Nearhos, Tucker & Cowen, Solicitors, Brisbane. On 1 July 2018, the “ipso facto reforms” under the Treasury Laws ...

Courts do not have the power to quash adjudicator’s decisions for any non-jurisdictional errors of law

Posted July 06th, 2018 by Tucker & Cowen Solicitors

By Richard Cowen & James Morgan, Tucker & Cowen, Solicitors, Brisbane. The High Court of Australia recently held that courts do ...

How the new Security of Payment laws will impact the building and construction industry

Posted June 12th, 2018 by Tucker & Cowen Solicitors

By Richard Cowen & James Morgan, Tucker & Cowen, Solicitors, Brisbane. On 1 July 2018, chapter 3 (“BIF/3”) of the new ...

Insolvency Law changes and what you need to know

Posted November 14th, 2017 by Tucker & Cowen Solicitors

By Justin Marschke, Tucker & Cowen, Solicitors, Brisbane. The Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 (Cth) made changes to the personal and corporate insolvency ...