Ian practices in our commercial and property division and before joining Fox and Staniland Lawyers he practiced in several national and international law firms. Ian has acted for small to medium enterprises, banks, financial institutions, private health funds, not for profit organisations and government agencies in corporate, commercial and property transactions.
Ian specialises in acquisition and disposal of businesses and shares, corporate governance, commercial contracts, all areas of real property and succession planning.
Coronavirus has been extensively covered in the news media. What has arguably received less attention is what happens when an unforeseeable event such as this prevents a party from fulfilling its contract obligations. Such situations have the potential to disrupt businesses. With this in mind, here are 5 things to know about how your business could be affected. Read more
Leaving evidence and explaining reasoning through documents such as statutory declarations can be of great assistance to your executor in seeing your final wishes are carried out! Read more
If you are in the business of producing written material, pictures, artwork, music etc then you will be aware that the law attempts to protect your commercial interest in the material by way of “copyright”. Read more
A tenant's long term lease was broken when his landlord went into liquidation. Read more to find out 4 ways you can potentially safeguard your business from this happening to you! Read more