by AntcliffeScott | Jun 6, 2018 | Business, Cash Flow, Finance
Businesses start for many different reasons, from one person’s desire to create a legacy, to another’s want of a better work/life balance and more. But the one thing all businesses owners and operators have in common is that, ultimately, we are there to make money. No...
by AntcliffeScott | Jun 6, 2018 | Commercial Property & Land Use, Property Law, Property Market
As of 1st July 2018, a Federal Government plan aimed at sealing a multi-million-dollar revenue hole will make buying new property more complicated. When a developer sells a new property, the price includes GST, so the developer must pay 1/11 to the Australian Tax...
by AntcliffeScott | Jun 6, 2018 | Business, Technology
Most sectors of the traditional pre-internet business world have struggled to keep pace with the changes brought about by the globalised digital economy. The law is no exception – around the world legal institutions are trying to catch up, often driven by the...
by AntcliffeScott | May 6, 2018 | Brand, Business, Intangible Assets, Intellectual Property, IP Rights, Trade marks
What makes a good trade mark? ‘A trade mark is a sign used, or intended to be used, to distinguish goods or services dealt with or provided in the course of trade by a person from goods or services so dealt with or provided by any other person.’(Ref: s17 Trade Marks...
by AntcliffeScott | Apr 6, 2018 | Business, Cash Flow, Finance
Recently we’ve seen the financial planning and advice industry getting a bad rap at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The title of the Royal Commission itself is telling. The focus of the investigation...