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Security of Payments in Victoria: An introductory guide In 2023, a parliamentary inquiry commissioned by the Victoria Parliament determined that the value of construction undertaken in Victoria during the 2022 calendar year amounted to $66.89 billion dollars and accounted for approximately 12.1% of the State of Victoria’s GDP. Many small businesses are therefore reliant upon […]
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An Introduction to the Magistrates Court of Victoria The Victorian justice system is mainly comprised of the following 3 courts and a tribunal: The Victoria Civil and Administrative Tribunal (otherwise known as ‘VCAT’); The Magistrates Court of Victoria; The County Court of Victoria; and The Supreme Court of Victoria. In today’s article, we examine how […]
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The Importance of Privacy in Australia
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Navigating the law about residential tenancy disputes in the State or Territory where you live, or where you own a residential investment property, can sometimes be complex. The law places a longer list of compliance requirements upon landlords, from meeting minimum standards or minimum energy standards, to urgent repairs and the lodgement and draw down […]
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Are you a landlord in Australia? Does your tenant owe rent; or are they constantly behind on rent payments? If you need help understanding your rights as a landlord, and what to do, Allen Law can help you – wherever you are located in Australia. Non-payment of rent by a tenant can be a stressful […]
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Occasionally, I published an article which discusses defamation law in the context of a real life defamation case. Today, I am writing about the Victorian County Court case of Wang v Qin [2021] VCC 1906 (the Wang Case). Defamation disputes arise out of and from all manner of relationships. From neighbourly defamation disputes involving persons […]
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Defamation and businesses Corporations, and other body corporates have a restriction on standing to sue for defamation, in that, they cannot have more than 10 full time equivalent employees. Likewise, sometimes, establishing serious harm to the requisite threshold can be difficult. For many decades, before the introduction of the uniform defamation law throughout Australia, most […]
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Both landlords and tenants have obligations to one another in Victoria under the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (Vic) (the Act). The duties owed by one to the other are not the same and are only those defined as a duty provision under the Act. Accordingly, landlords are under certain duties which are owed to tenants; […]
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The value of brand reputation in business Brand reputation is an essential and crucial part of any business which sells goods or services. Without a good reputation, a business may be unable to sell its goods or services to enough clients and customers to remain profitable, and thereby being at risk of insolvency or bankruptcy, […]
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