Entries by Michael Adendorff

Coffs Harbour Chamber Of Commerce & Industry Inc: The Voice Of Business – We Listen, We Act

Recently this newspaper reported that the Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce weighed in on an extremist advertising campaign against a much loved local business, Dolphin Marine Magic. When that business approached the Chamber, the Chamber’s response was to consider the matter without delay, swiftly followed by forceful and effective action to bring the campaign to […]

Coffs Coast People

This past weekend, Dolphin Marine Magic, a Coffs Chamber member held an Annual General Meeting.  People at DMM were privileged and able to rescue, rehabilitate and release over 60 marine mammals in one year. That includes successful release of two dolphins and two fur seals and DMM now has one of the highest marine turtle […]

Ilaw With Michael Adendorff

The law is not a natural science that works in absolute mathematic terms, rather it is a social science, so the very high accuracy rate of findings by our courts is extraordinary. Also, there can be a right of appeal where a party is dissatisfied with an outcome. So, in a recent case the court […]

Shareholders Agreement

This week I touch on shareholders agreements. These are agreements that can go a long way to avoid disputes amongst business owners and should disputes arise, to resolve those disputes or provide a mechanism to do so, and failing that can provide owners with exit mechanisms. Shareholders agreements can also deal with strategic issues, such […]

Employee Restraints Of Trade

Today, I write about restraints of trade in the employer/employee context. Commercially, restraint of trade clauses can be valuable to facilitate greater participation for employees in a business. This is supported by the case law; restraints are more likely to be enforced should employees have been involved in the nitty-gritty of management, marketing and client […]

Copyright Overhaul

The Productivity Commission has released a draft report on Australia’s intellectual property arrangements, including copyright. The report calls for action to rebalance Australia’s IP system and the Productivity Commission has made it known in a fact sheet that it is keen to hear the public’s feedback on the draft report.  Further, the draft report finds […]