Your brand is a major defining part of your business and legal rights arise in respect of it. You should understand the legal rights arising from your brand and why you should not only register appropriate trademarks but also consider key strategies involving them we detail here. If you do this you will not only [...]
Family business succession Written By Laszlo Konya Business Succession Planning for Blended Families Family business succession planning can be complicated enough where the owner has children from only one marriage, let alone where there are several sets of children. It may be that some children are actively involved in the family business and wish to [...]
Pointon Partners has been a keen supporter and Partner of Legal Services to the Kokoda Trail. In 2006 in response to long term disengagement with youth residing on the public housing estates of Flemington and North Melbourne, police members attached to the Moonee Valley Local Area Command implemented numerous pro-active strategies aimed at decreasing the [...]
A creditor’s statutory demand is an effective and compelling method to recover debts owed by a company. Most compelling is the presumption by the Courts of the insolvency of a company if it fails to comply with a statutory demand. This presumption extends for 3 months following the failure by a company to comply with [...]
How We Can Help Navigate the PPSR Maze Many of our clients have been struggling to come to terms with the practical implications the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) has on their businesses. As this PPSR Alert demonstrates, issues such as timely registration are paramount to a secured party’s ability to enforce their security interests. [...]
Anyone involved in a family business these days will sooner or later find themselves attending mediation. Nearly all disputes nowadays will go through a mediation process of one sort or another, including the following: Consumer complaints; Landlord/tenant disputes; Franchisor/franchisee disputes; Disputes with suppliers; Disputes with financiers; Planning objections; Building disputes; Disputes between co-owners of a [...]
