Key takeaways. State and territory consumer affairs ministers have recently agreed to strengthen the Australian Consumer Law unfair contract terms regime. Key proposed changes, as outlined in the Treasury’s Regulation Impact ...
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Part 3: The wheels have come off It is 2 months into your IT project and it is not going well. What do you do? In this final instalment of our blog series on negotiating IT services agreements, we look at key provisions on ...
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The Retail Leases Act (Vic) 2003 (Act) has been the governing legislation for many retail and commercial leases for over 15 years. But 2020 is a year of change. On 15 September 2020, the Victorian Government passed the Retail ...
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Part 2 - Running like clockwork In part 1 of our series on negotiating IT services agreement, we focussed on the importance of clearly defining the parties’ primary responsibilities in IT projects. In part 2, we now focus on ...
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As contemplated in our previous blog, on 3 September 2020, the Victorian Government has now introduced COVID-19 Commercial and Residential Tenancies Legislation Amendment (Extension) Bill 2020 (Bill) into the Legislative ...
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Tightening the ‘nuts and bolts’ Software as a Service and Cloud Service offerings are essential parts of business. A carefully drafted IT services agreement: is critical in every IT project, whether you are a service ...
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IP Australia is increasing its filing fees for applications to register trade marks. The changes commence on 1 October 2020. How will this affect me? If you are planning to file an application to register a trade mark without ...
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As described in our previous blog, the current COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) (Commercial Leases and Licences) Regulations 2020 (Regulations) apply from 29 March 2020 to 29 September 2020. On 20 August 2020, the Victorian ...
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How we can help you. Bespoke’s modern slavery team work with clients to: develop and implement anti-slavery programs meet their statutory obligations communicate, educate and drive cultural and organisational ...
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The past few months has shown us how important an online presence can be for any business, both from growth and business continuity perspectives. In our previous post, we talked about what ‘cybersquatting’ is and how to prevent ...
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