Arbitration in China
One of the costs of conducting foreign business is the resolution of international disputes. With its adversarial nature, associated costs and delays, litigation is often a second-best option for any [...]
All the single ladies?
Beyoncé Knowles is a veritable wealth of relationship knowledge and advice. She has mused about what she would do were she of the opposite gender, that men aren’t so irreplaceable, [...]
The internet lives in a box…
Justice Fullerton of the New South Wales Supreme Court would not be the first person to struggle with the unstoppable march of technology – Australian Federal Communications Minister, Steven Conroy, [...]
Unfair terms in online contracts
In the fourth episode of season seven of The Simpsons, Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for the princely sum of $5. In a somewhat one sided deal, Bart discovers [...]
Watch out for that health centre terms and conditions!
The fitness industry is one of the fastest growing in the Western world, especially when it comes to gyms and gym memberships, which cost several hundred dollars for a subscription [...]
Creating a binding financial agreement
Before the right to create Binding Financial Agreements (BFAs) was extended to same-sex and de facto relationships, when such a relationship had broken down, both parties would have had to [...]
Warning for SMEs: bundled communication deals
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a warning to small businesses to be wary when entering into contracts with telecommunication companies that bundle a telecommunications service and [...]
Resolving international disputes
Businesses conducting international trade bear the risk of being informed by their overseas distributors or licensees that they are unable to fulfil their performance or marketing obligations specified in their distribution or [...]