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Guides

Long-form guidance.

Our guides are structured handbooks, written in chapters, on the legal questions that recur across Australian businesses. General information rather than advice — but written the way we would explain it to a client. Nothing to download; read it here.

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Guide 01

7 chapters · Updated 14 August 2026

The Australian Business Legal Guide

A long-form guide to the legal foundations of running a business in Australia — structure, contracts, people, IP, regulation, disputes and growth. Plain English, no jargon.

  1. 01Getting the structure right
  2. 02Contracts that hold up
  3. 03People: employees, contractors and the gap between them
  4. 04Intellectual property and brand
  5. 05Regulation and compliance
  6. 06Risk, disputes and getting paid
  7. 07Growing, selling and what comes next
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Guide 02

6 chapters · Updated 14 August 2026

The Commercial Contracts Guide

A long-form guide to Australian commercial contracts — anatomy, risk allocation, MSAs and SOWs, negotiation, execution and variation. Written for people who sign contracts without a legal team.

  1. 01The anatomy of a commercial agreement
  2. 02Scope, price and payment
  3. 03Risk: warranties, indemnities and liability
  4. 04MSAs, SOWs and framework agreements
  5. 05Negotiating without a legal team
  6. 06Signing, varying and ending a contract
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Guide 03

7 chapters · Updated 29 August 2026

The Financial Services Guide

A long-form guide to Australian financial services regulation — when you need an AFSL, authorised representative arrangements, ASIC obligations, disclosure, marketing and promotion rules, compliance systems, breach reporting and enforcement.

  1. 01Do you need an AFSL?
  2. 02Authorisation pathways: your own licence or someone else's
  3. 03ASIC obligations once you are licensed
  4. 04Disclosure: FSGs, SOAs, PDSs and target market determinations
  5. 05Marketing and promotion of financial products
  6. 06Building a compliance framework that holds up
  7. 07Breach reporting, remediation and enforcement
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