As counterintuitive as it seems, time and time again we see disputes before the courts concerning the very clauses that were supposed to assist the parties avoid being there in the first place – the dispute resolution clauses that are most often found at the back of...
The nature in which the Coronavirus has impacted Australian business has made the JobKeeper payment, a key component of the Federal Government’s business support package, highly desirable to Australian business owners. The payment provides a $1,500.00 per fortnight,...
ClarkeKann’s commitment to delivering solution-based outcomes for our clients remains at the centre of our offering. Providing qualified, trustworthy, bespoke legal advice with a particular focus across our core areas of expertise; Agribusiness, Intellectual Property...
We are excited to announce that our Corporate & Commercial team, in particular, our Partners John Toigo and Brad Vinning, have been featured in Doyle’s Guide among Queensland’s leading corporate and commercial lawyers for 2019 in the following categories:...
Indemnities are regularly used in contracts in order to allocate risk between contracting parties. An indemnity is an agreement to cover loss and damage suffered by another party. Indemnities give rise to a form of contingent liability, the magnitude of which is often...
By Peter Karcher and Elle Zhang Winter in Australia is fun. You pack up your snow gear and off you go to the winter wonderland. You are having the time of your life; sashaying down the slope with your new gear has made you temporarily forget about your problems and...
You lose a lucrative contract as a result of your supplier’s failure to meet its contractual obligations to you. You terminate your contract with the supplier and look to recover the profit you would have earned under the lost contract from the supplier but, oh no,...
By Murray Procter and Ben Keenan In an age when the most popular form of communication is limited to 280 characters, it is unsurprising that the public’s tolerance for dense, overly complex legal contracts is in decline. It now appears that the process of...
By Brad Vinning and Ruby Mackenzie-Harris THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY ASPECTS OF BLOCKCHAIN AND ICOS After reading Parts 1 and 2 you should have a basic understanding of how blockchain works, and the purpose it serves in recording and facilitating peer-to-peer (P2P)...
We are pleased to announce that our Corporate & Commercial team, in particular, our Partners John Toigo and Brad Vinning, have been featured in Doyle’s Guide among Queensland’s leading corporate and commercial lawyers for 2018 in the following categories:...
By Peter Karcher and Julian Pipolo In an ideal world, all contracts take the form of a single document signed by all parties concerned with little fuss. If a dispute ever arises, the parties could simply revert back to that initial document and figure out what they...
By Brad Vinning and Ruby Mackenzie-Harris WHAT IS CRYPTOCURRENCY USED FOR? There are plenty of uses of cryptocurrencies, many of which have nothing to do with the sordid affairs of the dark web. Cryptocurrency can be used for purchases in the real world, as a...