The European Union’s (‘EU’) new General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) came into effect on 25 May 2018. Whilst Europe is over 14,000km from Australia’s sandy shores, its data protection laws are only a click away.
What happens if someone is trying to register a trade mark that is too similar to your own? How can you prove that it is similar? What are your rights and how can you enforce them?
Obligations to report data breaches are now more stringent than ever, and non-reporting of these breaches may result in huge fines being imposed.
Most people immediately think about legal action when they hear the phrase “debt recovery”. While formal proceedings are certainly one way in which a debt can be pursued, it is not always the best way. Court proceedings are typically time consuming and expensive.
When an employee notifies his / her employer that they wish to terminate their employment, their employment will automatically terminate when the relevant notice period expires. What happens when an employee wishes to withdraw their resignation?
In part two of our same-sex marriage blog posts, we discuss what same-sex marriage means for property proceedings. Overall, the introduction of same-sex marriage will see same-sex couples have greater access to legal protections surrounding both financial and parenting matters.
In light of the recent warnings from the Banking Royal Commission, it is important to understand how tightened lending and a surge of low housing prices can affect you, your property and any future investments.
Many businesses, particularly those that are struggling with cash flow, overlook some of the simplest debt prevention tools. One of the easiest ways to immediately improve cash flow is to design (or simply decide upon), implement and routinely use good billing practices.
Deciding whether or not to commence legal proceedings can often be a difficult decision for your clients and one which they may seek to involve you in. Find out how you can help.
An important change in law arising from the raft of recent Insolvency reforms concerns enforcement of ‘ipso facto’ clauses in contracts. As the change will impact on how you contract and do business with your customers, it is important to both understand the change and put measures in place to deal with it.
Engineering and advisory company Aurecon is introducing a visual employment contract, effectively eliminating the bulk of the text from their employment contracts by using pictures.
Instagram has taken the lead in shifting social media from a place where users share their pictures and thoughts, into an e-commerce force through direct messaging updates, ‘Shoppable Tags’ and an in-platform payment system.
The new Budget affects a wide range of property areas, although one particular area of interest is the affect that it is set to take on ‘land banking’ and housing affordability.
As thanks for his quarter century of service as Chairman of the Parramatta Park Trust, the Trust named Parramatta Park’s Coleman Oval after Coleman Greig’s very own Ralph Coleman!
With the 457 visa now gone, the legislative requirements of the new TSS visa were finally released on 18 March 2018. Coleman Greig has collated all of the information that we know so far.
Commencing on 6 July 2018 the NSW Government will introduce a new Low Rise Medium Density Housing Code (‘The Code’) which is more than likely to affect your area.
This week, Coleman Greig Lawyers takes a look at four social media tips and tricks that can help you in both managing your business’ brand and ensuring that you put your best ‘digital footprint’ forward.
You may be thinking that it will be a while before same-sex couples start filing for divorce, although there are many couples in Australia who have been married for a significant period of time.
The Fair Work Commission has deferred the second 4 yearly Awards review (previously scheduled to begin last January) until the current 4 yearly review is complete.
On 18 April 2017, the government announced that the popular Temporary Work (Skilled) Visa would be abolished by March 2018, and replaced with a new Temporary Skill Shortage visa.
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