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On 7 October 2016, Aaron McDonald was invited by the firm’s friends Leaker Partners to present to 62 lawyers on the topic of “Best Practice for Mediation and Negotiation”. A [...]

Changes to the Construction Contracts Act 2004 (Act) may be operative as soon as 15 December 2016 following the introduction of amending legislation into State Parliament last month. The Bill The [...]

Pragma Legal acted for the Plaintiffs in Tonkin v Heilongjiang Feng AO Agricultural & Animal Husbandry Group Co Pty Ltd [2015] WASC 378 (S). The Plaintiffs were successful at trial in [...]

The recent Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal case of National Australia Bank Ltd v Rose [2016] VSCA 169 deals with the notice that needs to be given to any prospective guarantor under the Code of [...]

What is a Subpoena A subpoena is an order from a court requiring the addressee to attend court to give evidence, produce a record or thing or to do both. [1] How to Comply with a Subpoena As a [...]

Broader consumer protection and greater certainty in contracts for the sale of subdivided lots in off the plan developments were areas of key focus in the Sale of Land Amendment Bill 2016 [...]

“There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything.  Did you ever stop to think of that?  Yes, just one way.  And that is by making the other person want to do it.  Remember, [...]

Last Wednesday’s decision by the High Court was a win for ANZ after being embroiled in a six-year long class action lodged by 43,500 customers which challenged the enforceability of late-payment [...]

There are important differences between a contract and a deed that parties should keep in mind when creating written agreements. Written agreements are commonly stated as contracts/agreements or [...]

In April 2016, the Commission released its Draft Report on the Intellectual Property Arrangements in Australia and has called for a fundamental change to current laws. The Commission has been [...]