The number of businesses in Western Australia that are appointing insolvency practitioners to administer them have been steadily increasing over the past decade. If your business is owed money by [...]
On 29 November 2016, the Limited Partnerships Bill 2016 (WA) (Act) received Royal Assent. Background: What is a Limited Partnership? A limited partnership is an arrangement where: the liability [...]
As of 12 November 2016 all standard form contracts entered into, renewed, or varied for: the supply of goods or services; the sale or grant of an interest in land; or the supply of financial [...]
Jumping headfirst into litigation is often a costly and timewasting exercise, especially if parties bypass the dispute resolution clauses contained in their contract. Alternative dispute [...]
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 [...]
