Master Education Services Pty Limited v Ketchell [2008] HCA 38

A Minor breach of the Franchising Code of Conduct by a franchisor does not automatically render a franchise agreement unenforceable.

The High Court has recently overturned a NSW Court of Appeal decision which held that a franchise agreement was illegal and unenforceabl... [more]

Linked Credit Providers

Recent press reports on proposed national laws covering unfair contract terms and the widening of consumer protection laws generally should be of concern to most financiers. The proposals have targeted as unfair such traditional credit terms as unconditional payment obligations and the financier's ability to a... [more]

DIRECTORS BEWARE: LIABLITY FOR OH&S

A recent decision of the Industrial Court of NSW sounds an important warning for directors about the breadth of their exposure to liability to ensure safe premises under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW) ("OH&S Act").

The Facts

Salamander S... [more]

UNFAIR BUSINESS CONTRACTS

Summary Point

Club managers may have noticed that in recent weeks the Federal Government has begun publicising its intention to introduce new laws against what it has identified as unfair contract terms.  The proposed new laws, if eventually passed into law, will affect not only credit contracts en... [more]

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