by Tiffany Mechkaroff | Mar 27, 2023 | Commercial Law
Amelia Conway won the car of her dreams, or so she thought, when she won a modified Nissan Patrol in a raffle by Hello Lifestyle Australia. All was well when she was flown by Hello Lifestyle to Brisbane to collect her prize and drove it home, until she attempted to...
by Tiffany Mechkaroff | Mar 7, 2023 | Commercial Law
What are trade promotions? Trade promotions are a marketing activity run by a business designed to increase brand awareness, increase consumer engagement or loyalty. Entry into a trade promotion must always be free for a consumer to enter, save for the cost of a stamp...
by Tiffany Mechkaroff | Feb 16, 2023 | Commercial Law
On 16 February 2023, the Attorney General released its highly anticipated review of the Privacy Act 1988 (the Act). The report proposes reforms aimed at strengthening personal information protections and providing individuals with more control over their information....
by Tiffany Mechkaroff | Feb 6, 2023 | Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution
Commercial contracts, such as for a business sale, share sale or shareholders agreements often include a ‘restraint of trade’ clause as a means of protecting the goodwill of the relevant business or company. What is it? A restraint of trade clause restricts a party...
by Tiffany Mechkaroff | Jan 30, 2023 | Commercial Law
Australia’s Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus MP, has commented that a right to be forgotten and a right to sue for privacy breaches may be considered in the next phase of Australia’s privacy reforms. Late last year, the Attorney General tweeted that he had received his...
by Tiffany Mechkaroff | Jan 16, 2023 | Commercial Law
In response to the impacts of Covid-19, temporary measures were introduced to allow companies to electronically sign some documents under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in May 2020. Over the past 2 years, the Federal Government has passed several pieces of...
by Tiffany Mechkaroff | Jan 15, 2023 | Commercial Law
Geographical Indication protection under the Australian Trade Marks Act One of the ways that a “Geographical Indication”, or a “GI” can be protected in Australia is by registration of a ‘certification trade mark’. Certification trade marks are a specific type of trade...
by Tiffany Mechkaroff | Dec 6, 2022 | Commercial Law
The recent cyber-attacks on Optus, Medibank and MyDeal have highlighted the need for Australia’s privacy laws to be brought into line with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, the toughest privacy and security law in the world. As a result, the...
by Tiffany Mechkaroff | Oct 19, 2022 | Commercial Law
Data privacy is top of mind for most Australians at the moment. What is your business doing to make your clients feel safe? Important statistics published by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) confirm that protection of privacy and data is...
by Tiffany Mechkaroff | Oct 12, 2022 | Commercial Law
Data breaches, and the way that businesses handle customers’ personal information, have been in the spotlight over the last few weeks. Between the Optus data breach which has seen more than 9.5 million Australians’ personal information potentially compromised,...
by Tiffany Mechkaroff | Jun 28, 2022 | Commercial Law, Estate Planning & Wealth Protection, Motorsport, Property Development, Property Law, Sport, Structured Finance and Investment, Uncategorized
Kalus Kenny Intelex has been shortlisted for the Australian Law Awards 2022. The firm has been named as a finalist in three categories of the Australian Law Awards – Commercial Team of the Year, Property Team of the Year and Banking & Finance Team of the...
by wunwabbit | Jun 21, 2022 | Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution
What is ‘without prejudice’? The term ‘without prejudice’ is frequently misused, often causing confusion when matters come before a court. Broadly speaking, ‘without prejudice’ communications are inadmissible (meaning they cannot be provided to a court) so long as...
