What do you do if you get into a dispute with a client? This is a tricky one, often it relates to nonpayment, I have two pieces of advice in relation to that. There’s two methods of dealing with it, one is always taking money upfront. If you always get Read more…
One mistake I see people making too frequently is selecting the wrong lawyer for their business. I have lost count of the number of people who’ve come to me, very unhappy with their previous lawyer. Often in my situation, because I do intellectual property and commercial law, it would be Read more…
What is a legal action plan and why would you want one? Think about it like this: If you are going shopping and you don’t have a shopping list, but you’re really hungry, do you know what’s gonna happen? Maybe you need three things, you go into the store and Read more…
One thing that clients ask me repeatedly, is what do I do if I’ve got a legal question? How do I contact you? Who do I speak to? You click on the link, book in, you pay a tiny fee, and then we brainstorm together. We have a laser Read more…
Today I am talking about patents and registered designs, what are they, And do you need to know about them? A patent is a registered right, that you get for an invention. An invention can be a method or it can be a product. So a new method of extracting Read more…
How do you bulletproof your social media? How do you keep out of legal hot water on social media? This is a bit of a big topic and I thought I would just share with you a couple of quick tips, so that you get some value. One of the Read more…
Spam, what can and can’t you do. I’m not talking about Spam as in the ham that the Americans like, I’m talking about spam as in unsolicited emails. The bottom line in Australia, is that you do need to have permission to send somebody an email. The best way to Read more…