With a mission to reinvent the law firm, Bespoke has followed through with paradigm-shifting fixed price offerings (including on M&A, workplace investigations, commercial leasing and litigation) by spreading...
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This is the first of a 3-part series on risks associated with offshoring personal information. In this series, we will discuss: an organisation’s obligations to protect personal information when offshoring office functions ...
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The Federal Court handed down a landmark decision in the trade mark dispute between the Wild Geese and Wild Turkey alcohol brands[1]. In doing so, it has changed the way trade mark law operates. Legal background. Under section ...
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12 November 2016 is d-day! New unfair contract laws will commence in Australia extending the coverage of consumer protection to ‘standard form’ small business contracts. Business to business transactions will be significantly ...
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Australia recently marked World Mental Health Day, a campaign which raises community awareness about mental health issues. In support of this cause, we briefly highlight, in this blog, an Australian employer’s legal obligations to ...
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Confectionery companies and chocolatier giants, Mars and Mondelez International, have been battling over the use of a lower case ‘m’ on Mars’ packaging of M&M’s. This long-standing court battle in Sweden recently came to a ...
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When is a dismissal unfair? Unfair dismissal is when an employee is dismissed from their job in a harsh, unjust or unreasonable manner. In the case of small businesses unfair dismissals may occur where the dismissal was ...
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Many of our clients ask us ‘Is my lease a retail lease?’ The answer isn’t always straightforward, so to lend some clarity, here are some key points both landlords and tenants should note. Acting up? In Victoria, retail ...
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A revolution over the last 10 years, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat have revolutionised the way people socialise and conduct business in the global economy. No social media site has truly captured the professional market...
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With the constant pressures of deadlines, supply orders, reporting, accounting requirements and profit margins (just to name a few), businesses can inadvertently fall foul of provisions of the Australian Consumer Law ...
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