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

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

Does your contract include an unenforceable penalty clause?
By Marcelle Webster & Ben Nearhos, Tucker & Cowen, Lawyers, Brisbane If your contract contains a term which amounts to a ‘penalty’, the ...

Exclusion of a Trustee’s “Prudent Person” Duty
By Daniel Davey, Tucker & Cowen, Lawyers, Brisbane. On 23 December 2016, Justice Edelman handed down his decision in Australian Securities ...

What you need to know about Statutory Demands
By Richard Cowen, Tucker & Cowen, Lawyers, Brisbane. What is a statutory demand? A statutory demand is a demand for the payment ...