Tag: Commercial Dispute Resolution

If you or your business needs to recover a debt, there are several steps to follow.   1. Letter of demand Firstly, you need your legal representative to send a letter of demand to the debtor. This puts the debtor on notice that the debt is...

If your company trades with another company and imposes a restriction on what, who and where they conduct their business, you may be involved in “exclusive dealing” and “third line forcing” – which contravenes Australian Consumer...

Some corporate fraud by employees is not premeditated. it is opportunistic. Sometimes temptation overrides common sense. It is important that businesses have in place mechanisms to prevent fraud. In this video it explains a simple scenario. A laid off...

Business fraud costs everyone in a company. Policies and procedures for businesses help prevent and identify fraud. This American news report gives some insight into the problem. The video includes a case of a former trusted book keeper of a...

Luna Park Sydney has had a long and sometimes turbulent history in Sydney. The Amusement park is located on the north side of Sydney Harbour at Milsons Point. It's smiling face has been part of Sydney landscape for much of the park's life since it opened...

Macquarie Bank's sale of loan book creates problems for clients The facts behind the case Mr Goodridge (the Borrower) entered into a margin lending loan arrangement with Macquarie Bank in May 2003.  On 8 January 2009 Macquarie Bank sold their “loan...

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) have a free report Occupational Fraud: A Study of the Impact of an Economic Recession available from their website. ACFE President James D. Ratley, CFE says "Desperate people do desperate things....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has found a North Sydney Solicitor guilty of advising eight of his clients engage in activity which breached the Corporations Act. This significant case sends a warning to all business advisors....

Insolvent Trading is a serious issue. As a director of a business you have a responsibility to not let your organisation engage in insolvent trading. This occurs when debts are incurred but at the time it is know they will not be able to be paid as and...

Macquarie Bank's recorded phone calls used as evidence against them What would you do if faced with a call on a margin loan of $160,000 from Macquarie Bank and given three working days to pay it? Over the past 12 months this has became a common...