Every contractor should know how to secure their right to be paid, and to protect plant, equipment and tools on site.

Contractors should register a security interest against property left on site in a large or risky construction project.

It may be time to re-evaluate the importance of insolvency protections for civil and construction contractors in WA.

From targeting suspicious drones, to weaponising their own, police are using unmanned aerial vehicles to target crime.

Peters has advised that they have recently entered into a new agreement with PFD, without those restrictive terms.

If you are deciding to form a new business relationship, you must consider the financial position of the other party.

Matters to consider upon the breakdown of a marriage and prior to obtaining an order for divorce.

A "terms contract" is if you let purchasers move into the property before they have paid the whole of the purchase price.

Businesses now have the time to carefully consider the employment law implications of the JobKeeper payment subsidy.

A spent conviction occurs when a person is found guilty of an offence, but the conviction is not recorded.

Checklist of main issues to check – superannuation, minimum wage, vaccinations, record keeping, health & safety.

If your de-facto relationship is shorter than two years, the Family Court in WA may not have jurisdiction to assist.

The current banking royal commission is now to examine lending to farmers….

The Australian Banking Association has proposed measures to support commercial landlords who assist tenants in COVID-19.

Elected Local Members need to be aware of their obligations to avoid the possibility of breaching rules, laws and regulations.

One simple measure to absorb some of the shock of insolvency is the use of statutory, cascading trust accounts.

These new planning exemptions will only be granted while WA is under the state of emergency from the COVID-19 pandemic.

A jurisdictional error is a mistake about the nature and limits of an adjudicator's role under security of payment laws.

The power of the Court to assign a tax debt of one spouse to the other was recently considered by the High Court.

Articles discusses range of measures that were dealt with in the latest federal budget and may relate to small businesses. .