Tailored Terms and Conditions
Terms and conditions are the backbone of all sales, a legal document that sets out the terms on conditions on which that sale takes place. Many businesses and entrepreneurs spend hours building rapport with clients and planning websites but will copy and paste another business’ terms and conditions, edit a few names, and proceed on […]
Indigenous Business Changes
The Changing Indigenous Business Landscape In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of Indigenous Australian businesses that have emerged in the Australian market. The number of Indigenous businesses has almost tripled since 2006, contributing to almost 5 billion dollars of income and employing over 45,000 people.1 As this increase in […]
Rights of Rectifying Defective Construction Work
One of the most common causes for disputes regarding construction contracts is whether the owner can terminate the contract for defective building work or must provide the builder with the opportunity to rectify any such defects. The first step is to determine whether a defect in fact exists. In NSW, defective building falls into two […]
Registering Unincorporated Charities; You Can Never Go Wrong with a Suit
There are few things more embarrassing than arriving at a formal function wearing informal clothing. Strangely, being overdressed at a casual function is usually far less embarrassing than being underdressed at a formal function. For this reason, I am a firm believer in the fashion motto ‘you can never go wrong with a suit.’ As a general […]
Free the Flag Developments
As a firm that serves Indigenous Australians, the Free the Flag Movement has been an issue that Warlows Legal has followed closely, as this issue has caused great concern for the Indigenous community and beyond. The Issues Leading Up this Development In 1970, Aboriginal artist Harold Thomas designed the flag following his graduating the South […]
Israel Launches $70m Program to Promote Tech Entrepreneurship in Arab Community
Initiative aims to integrate members of Arab communities into booming tech industry, where they are severely underrepresented. Israel has officially launched a NIS 225 million ($70 million) program to promote entrepreneurship among Arab communities and better integrate members into the country’s booming tech industry, where they are severely underrepresented. Israel’s Arab community makes up around […]
$2M Rental Rebates to Attract Scale-Ups to Tech Central
The New South Wales Government has offered to subsidise eligible technology companies’ rental costs at Tech Central by nearly $2 million each in a bid to attract scale ups to the Sydney innovation precinct. Established technology businesses with demonstrable growth can apply for the office rental and fit out rebates for three years up to […]
What To Do When Asked to Run a Charity?
There are over 50,000 registered charities in Australia today, with hundreds being registered each month. Charities are an integral public of the Australian social fabric, as demonstrated by statistics published by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) such as: At least 87% of Australians make some form of contribution to charities each year. Over […]
Whether Owner of Internet Search Engine Is a Publisher of the Results of Searches
Defteros v Google Inc LLC [2018] VSCA 176 (unreported, 25 July 2018, No S APCI 2018 0081, Beach, Hargrave JJA and Sifris AJA). The question of whether the owner of an internet search engine is a publisher of the results of searches for the purpose of a claim in defamation against that person is obviously […]
Amendment of the Building Amendment Act
The Building Amendment Act 2021 (the Act) came into force last year October. Its main purpose is to amend the Building Act 1993 in order to facilitate a new registration and licensing scheme for tradespeople and to clarify who must pay maintenance costs for critical safety measures in certain retail premises, and to improve the […]