Outside Legal Solutions in Toowoomba, Queensland | Lawyer & law firm

Outside Legal Solutions

Locality: Toowoomba, Queensland

Phone: +61 412 242 309

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25.01.2022 Are your secrets safe? Here's our top five tips to protect your business' confidential information: (1) identify confidential information, eg. strategy documents, marketing plans, budgets; (2)ensure employee contracts contain confidentiality clauses and train employees to understand their obligations; (3)have non-disclosure agreements in place with third parties you transact with; and... (4) restrict access to confidential information, don't discuss it in public places, and destroy confidential documents when they are no longer needed (save what you need for tax and legal purposes). Oh!... and one more... don't rely on what you read on Facebook Posts. Get professional legal advice from Outside Legal Solutions on mb 0412 242 309. See more

25.01.2022 Our client, Velbella Beauty, is changing owners. We are humbled to have been a part of this business’ journey and excited at the prospect of continuing to work with Lauren for the next chapter of her journey. Congratulations Lauren!

25.01.2022 We all want to look good online. What happens when we don't? If your business or brand's online image or reputation is being damaged because of defamatory or misleading publications, then you need to act fast to contain the damage. Here's how: (1) Set up Google Alerts to monitor the web for mentions of your business. (2) Respond to both positive and negative comments and reviews asap. (3) If it's genuine, take the conversation out of the public eye, eg. offer to email and r...esolve the problem directly. (4) If it's not genuine, eg. defamatory or misleading, take legal action such as sending a Concerns Notice or Takedown Notice to the author and/ or host site. Some sites like Facebook and Google have clear procedures for Legal Removal Requests. (5) The above steps are generic information only. They may not apply to your situation. Always get legal advice about the action you take. See more

23.01.2022 Another bad-lawyer news story: the media enjoys them as much as we enjoy lawyer jokes. But let's be clear, this is not a case of bad lawyers with bad legal ethics. This involves alleged fraud and money laundering which are very serious criminal offences with harsh penalites. The integrity of the legal profession remains solid.

23.01.2022 Businesses are getting more legal work done in-house to cope with the increasing costs of regulatory compliance and traditional law firm charges. If you need more legal resources in-house, contact Outside Legal Solutions. We can top up your resources in-house on demand and our costs are comparable to in-house staff, without the overheads.

21.01.2022 The sentencing offenders receive for heinous crimes can be very controversial. Try this out to see if you could do it better.

17.01.2022 Why do lawyers tell us what we don't want to hear? Surely that's not good for business? Lawyers have an ethical duty to the administration of justice and must promote and protect fearlessly and by all proper and lawful means the client’s best interests ...and do so without regard to his or her own interest or to any consequences to the barrister or to any other person. It's not an easy role and has come under increased scrutiny lately following allegations in the Banking R...oyal Commission of in-house counsel acting inappropriately, conflicted by their duties to their employer and personal biases. This duty, however uneasy, is a critical one to serve clients. As the Hon Justice Susan Kiefel AC said, There are many aspects of the legal profession which distinguish it from a business. ...Lawyers have the trust and the confidence of their clients, that their interests will be properly protected and served. And that's "good business". See more

13.01.2022 Do you need help resourcing your in-house legal team? We can help with expert, flexible and affordable resourcing.

12.01.2022 A great intro to Intellectual Property (IP). You can license it, you can give it away, but it’s yours and you make that decision. Don’t be like Barbie and lose control. Make sure your decision is backed up with a well drafted legal agreement.

12.01.2022 Watch out for scams! Today we received a scam letter to renew our business name. At first glance it looked a little bit legit except that it wasn’t. It wasn’t from ASIC. It wasn’t time to renew. And it referred to a non-ASIC website address which quoted the price as $99 per year (the real fee is $36 per year). If you get an email or invoice or phone call which feels wrong Take Two and do some research. Regulators will always correspond on official letterhead or from .gov email addresses, or through MyGov, and will allow reasonable notice periods for payments. Don’t get scammed.

11.01.2022 Sometimes, we can't see the forest for the trees. Australia's financial services providers must comply with an exhausting amount of detailed, complex and sometimes conflicting legislative requirements. The most critical of these requirements are simply to: ..apply basic standards of fairness and honesty: by obeying the law; not misleading or deceiving; acting fairly; providing services that are fit for purpose; delivering services with reasonable care and skill; and, when acting for another, acting in the best interests of that other (Interim Report for the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. What if all legislative requirements were simplified? And culture was regulated as well? This is a great article by The Conversation on that topic.

09.01.2022 Did you get coal for Christmas? Don’t worry. There’s plenty of time to do good things before next Christmas. eg. You could help Emerge, a social impact business that provides job training, mentorship and practical life skills for at-risk-youth in the Toowoomba area. Simply donate or buy a raffle ticket and you could change a life

08.01.2022 Happy Hump Day! If only all legal disclaimers were as straightforward as this one...

07.01.2022 The Year That Was! 2018 saw the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission impose record penalties for breaches of the Australian Consumer Law which affected consumers and small businesses. The highest penalty imposed was $12 million against We Buy Houses Pty Ltd for false and misleading representations, specifically free seminars, ‘boot camps’ and mentoring about creating wealth through real estate. To read all about it follow the link below. (Please note, the linked report is published by another firm which has no association with Outside Legal Solutions.)

06.01.2022 A win for potato farmers! The Federal Court has found contract terms between Australia’s largest potato wholesaler, Mitolo Group Pty Ltd, and potato growers to be unfair terms, and therefore void. The unfair terms provided for Mitolo to unilaterally vary terms, such as the price paid for potatoes, declare potatoes as wastage, and prevent growers from selling potatoes to alternative purchasers. As a result of the Court action which cost Mitolo nearly $300,000 in penalties an...d the ACCC's costs, Mitolo have undertaken to use a revised contract with terms that provide growers with: greater transparency and certainty over pricing; and the right to sell potatoes to alternative purchasers if offered a better price. Regulator action, such as this, to prevent the use of unfair terms is going to get tougher as the government is looking to introduce penalties for the use of unfair terms. See more

06.01.2022 If you manufacture or supply cosmetic products, or design labels for those products, this post is for you! The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has released a new guide on labelling requirements for cosmetics products in Australia. The guide will help you understand, more simply, the requirements of the Mandatory Standards in the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Regulations 1991 (Cth) . For more information or a copy follow this link: https://www.accc.gov.au//731_Ingredients%20labelling%20on%

03.01.2022 Samsung has heavily promoted its Galaxy phones as water resistant, suitable for use in all types of water. Not so! According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) who filed court proceedings last week alleging that those representations are false or misleading with regards to performance characteristics, uses and benefits, characteristics and suitability. The ACCC is seeking penalties, consumer redress orders, injunctions, declarations, publication orde...rs, an order as to findings of fact, and costs. Samsung must prove they had a reasonable basis for making the representations, but even if they do, their time, resources and reputation are already impacted. The lesson here is to "always keep it real!" Consumers do not like being misled. * Re the release video, at least they binned the packaging or they could be fined for that too. See more

02.01.2022 Is your business at risk of losing everything? Back up and insure your data, control access to your information, have a password management strategy for everyone in your business, use two-factor authentication, and protect your wif-fi. Don’t be an easy target.

01.01.2022 Don’t get scammed! If it sounds dodgy, it probably is. Always check the seller and the facts before you hand over bank or credit card details. A simple internet search could save you thousands. If you have fallen for a scam, contact your bank and card provider ASAP. You may not get the money back but you could avoid further loss.

01.01.2022 Rugby Australia (RA) has terminated Folau's employee contract for breach of their social media policy. Rather than appeal this decision, Folau has commenced court proceedings against RA, alleging discrimination on the basis of religion. Whatever the outcome of these proceedings, this very public matter has four important lessons for employers and employees: (1) Employment contracts can include morals and/ or social media clauses which provide for disciplinary action such a...s termination if an employee's conduct brings the employer into disrepute. (2) Workplace policies and Codes of Conduct should reflect the employer’s values and expectations, as well as those of clients and stakeholders. (3) Employees should know their workplace's policies and have agreed to comply with them. (4) To reduce the risk of social media breaches, employees should have social media and marketing training. For more information call us on 0412 242 309.

01.01.2022 Don’t break up by text. It’s pathetic and cowardly, unconscionably undignified and, as this employer discovered, can be very expensive.