Managing confidential employee records – duties as an employer

As an employer, you should be aware that you owe your employees obligations in relation to any personal information they have disclosed to you. Information about an employee collected by an employer is considered personal information under the Privacy Act 1988...

What happens when a contract is breached?

Contracts are a common tool used throughout our lives to create legal relationships between parties to define what actions people will take. If you have entered a contract with another party, you are obligated to abide by the terms and conditions of the contract. Any...

Succession Planning for Business Owners

As a business owner, you deal with many responsibilities, including having to decide what to do with your business when you move on. Sometimes the logical endgame for a business is to be wound up, but in most cases, the aim is a smooth transition to new ownership....

Conveyancing then and now

Conveyancing has seen a change from “chain of title” for deeds of conveyance (Old System Land) to what we call “Torrens Title” under the Real Property Act. Servicing clients on both sides of the Albury-Wodonga Border has been the mainstay of this practice which...