Contracts, structures and governance for businesses that need the paperwork to hold when something goes wrong.
Buying or selling a business, from the term sheet and due diligence through to completion and the restraints that follow.
Commercial disputes in the NSW, ACT and Federal courts, resolved early where that is possible and run properly where it is not.
Your product scales digitally. Your contracts have to scale with it.
Where the law changed, what it now requires, and what a business has to do about it.
One question worked through end to end, with the provisions and the decisions it rests on.
What a judgment decided, and what follows from it for anyone in the same position.
A German desk for businesses moving between Australia and the German-speaking market.
Singapore law where it governs the contract, and the arbitral seat that carries much of the region’s work.
Generally no. Where the debt is genuinely in dispute and covered by an arbitration agreement, the Singapore court will ordinarily dismiss the winding-up application without deciding
An emergency arbitrator can only order what the law of the arbitral seat, or the parties’ own express agreement, allows. Adopting institutional rules that offer an
A modern award applies to an Australian employee because of the work performed, not because of the employment contract or the salary. Paying well above the
A defective arbitration clause is usually salvageable in Singapore. The Court of Appeal will give effect to a clear intention to arbitrate even where the clause
A negligent adviser does not answer for everything that follows from the advice. Where that limit belongs inside a negligence claim has never been settled across
Singapore–Australia Essential Supplies Protocol: Why the New Pact Will Not Rescue Your Supply Contract On 27 July 2026, at the Singapore–Australia Joint Ministerial Committee in Adelaide,
Unfair Trading Practices: New ACL Prohibitions Target Dark Patterns, Drip Pricing and Subscription Traps in Australia On 2 July 2026, the Australian Parliament passed the Competition
Unfair Trading Practices in Franchising: What the 2026 Reforms Mean for Dealers and Small Business Unfair trading practices are commercial behaviours that exploit significant imbalances in
Retention of Title in Australia: How the PPSA Exposes German Exporters to Total Asset Loss Under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA), a retention
Arbitration Finality: Protecting Your Award from Arbitrator Overreach in Singapore Arbitration is chosen by commercial parties primarily for its promise of a final, binding resolution. However,
