In November 2016 the protections under the unfair term provisions of the Australian Consumer Law, previously only available to consumers, were extended to apply to small businesses. In a decision handed down on 9 August 2017, Deputy President I. Lulham of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) held that the contract term in question […]
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A failure to register your security interests on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) could prove to be a costly mistake. What is the PPSR? The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) introduced a single national personal properties security register (PPSR) in 2012 for all debtors, all security interests, all types of personal property.
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Are you ready for the new regime? If you are a small business, or deal with small business you need to be on top of the changes being introduced by the Unfair Contract Terms laws commencing on 12 November 2016. The changes will extend protections now only afforded to consumer contracts to small business contracts.
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