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Free COVID-19 Work From Home Policy and Checklist

Article By: Sarah Cappello Cappello Rowe Lawyers Sydney Cappello Rowe Lawyers are here to help you manage your workplace obligations. In these challenging times businesses are adapting and allowing employees to work remotely. Make sure you are properly covered! Download our FREE Work From Home Policy and Checklist to implement…

Employers – How to Manage Employees during COVID-19

Article By: Joey Tass Cappello Rowe Lawyers Sydney The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global crisis. The situation is changing on a daily basis for many companies and individuals. Companies are now encouraging their employees to work from home in an attempt to both minimize the impacts of COVID-19 and…

7 things landlords’ of shops in NSW should know but often don’t

Article By: Sarah Cappello Cappello Rowe Lawyers Sydney A copy of the proposed Retail Shop Lease is to be available to prospective Tenants at the negotiation stage Retail Lease Landlords are required to make a copy of the Lease available to prospective Tenants as soon as they enter into negotiations…

What is an Agreement to Lease – Things you should know

When renting business related property it is important for both landlords and tenants to understand the relationship they are entering into and the rights and obligations that they each have, the document that governs this relationship is usually a Commercial Lease. A Commercial Lease gives the tenant an immediate right…

Business Structures: Company

When commencing a business venture, it is necessary to consider the most appropriate type of business structure to put in place. Different business structures have different benefits and disadvantages. This article looks at companies – how to set one up and the pros and cons of a company structure. Key…

An Overview of Guarantees and Indemnities

It is important that anyone who is asked to provide a guarantee or indemnity understands precisely what their liabilities are under the arrangements. In this article, we identify the distinguishing features of both guarantees and indemnities and consider the significant differences between the 2 kinds of arrangements. Features of a…

Are you a director of an insolvent company?

During difficult economic conditions it is important that all directors revisit their duties as directors and are aware of how the board should deal with the situation where a company is in financial difficulty and may be insolvent. What is insolvency? A company is deemed to be insolvent when it…

Extension of the unfair contracts regime to small businesses

The Federal Government has enacted legislation extending the unfair contract term protections of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) to the small business sector. Under the new laws, a Court is able to declare that a term of a…