Leading food and beverage lawyer, Charles Fisher, has joined KHQ Lawyers to lead its food and beverage team. Mr Fisher is one of the country’s leading practitioners in this highly specialised area of law, advising and conducting training on food and beverage marketing, compliance, labelling, classification, licensing, safety and crisis management. Since formally establishing its … Read more
Melbourne based cloud services provider, Olikka, has been acquired by global tech giant Accenture, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s cloud capabilities across Australia and New Zealand. Founded in 2011, Olikka has built a solid reputation for its native cloud-based application development, cloud modernisation development and security expertise, and is recognised as a … Read more
On 3 April 2020, the National Cabinet agreed to develop a mandatory code of conduct in relation to commercial tenancies, to be guided by a set of principles. It is generally targeted at small to medium sized enterprises – that is, those with less than $50m in annual turnover. That code of conduct will need … Read more
Various articles have explored the potential rights that tenants and landlords have under their leases, in the face of the impact of COVID-19. Most leases do not deal with unprecedented events such as we are currently facing with COVID-19. In summary, and subject to the specific terms of the relevant lease, landlords and tenants (in … Read more
Kaufland, part of the world’s fourth largest retailer, Schwartz Group, has announced it will not continue with its plans to commence trading in Australia – despite having broken ground on its first distribution centre, and having gone through the process of securing around 20 Australian sites and associated planning approvals. Unless this is some bizarre … Read more
