The recent High Court appeal of<I> Andar Transport Pty Ltd v Brambles Limited (unreported) </I>saw the High Court review principles concerning the interpretation of indemnity clauses in contract law as well as the nature and scope of the common law duty of care owed by an employer to an employee.

This article examines the legal obligation of a principal towards an independent contractor the circumstances in which such obligations are said to arise and their extent.

This article examines the legal obligation of a principal towards an independent contractor the circumstances in which such obligations are said to arise and their extent.

There are many successful Franchise systems that operate responsibly and support their Franchisees. The Franchisors have invested in their business, staff training, research and development and look to ways to improve their system for the benefit of the brand.

Issues to consider when entering - an attempting to end - a franchise agreement.

It seems to me that, having regard to current conditions in this country, and developments of the law in other common law jurisdictions, the time is ripe for consideration whether a tort of invasion of privacy should be recognised in this country, or whether legislatures should be left to determine whether provisions for a remedy for it should be made.

The term "running account" will be familiar to most businesses which engage in the supply of goods and services.

For a liquidator to recover payments, made by a company to creditors, as unfair preference payments pursuant to section 588FA of the Corporations Act 2001 ("the Act"), he or she must be able to establish, amongst other things, that the company and the creditor were parties to the "transaction".

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) was instructed by the Attorney-General in 1976 to assess the state of the law in respect of insurance contracts.

The Federal Government's new workplace relations laws, introduced by the Workplace Relations Amendment (WorkChoices) Act 2005, came into force amid much fanfare on 27 March 2006.

Commercial Litigation is often viewed, especially by your clients, as open warfare. The pattern in which most litigation is conducted resembles something like what is known as Second Generation Warfare.