Talking Law

Here’s an inside take on the successful launch of an NZ accounting startup that made big waves in the accounting industry in Australia. Listen in as Wayne Schmidt, who was Xero’s country manager in Australia when it first launched in 2009, shares his insights and experiences from the early stages of this billion-dollar market leader’s journey.

In trade marks, how close is too close before it’s deemed an infringement? To answer this question, we zoom in on a recent stoush between a Brisbane-based burger business and global fast-food giant McDonald’s.

Can you trademark your personal name? Listen in as we bust some common myths in this area of law and discuss the benefits, risks and issues in using your personal name in your branding with our resident trade mark specialist Grace Yi.

Today we explore the concept of employee engagement - what it is, how do you measure it, and how do you increase it. To help us give depth to this topic, we brought back Natasha Hawker of Employee Matters to talk about how higher levels of employee engagement can lead to increased profitability in your business.

Today we are joined by Ben Walker the founder of the accounting practice Inspire CA to talk about his brand new book, where he outlines 7 steps to pull more money, time and happiness from your business.

Ben and I talk about why it’s important for businesses to get themselves sorted from a legal perspective then we delve deeper into four general areas of legal risk that business owners should be thinking about covering off first. I call these areas legal landmines, which can blow up in your face at any time if you don’t get them sorted right away.

Trademark infringement is where a competitor in the marketplace is using or misusing your trademarks in the marketplace in relation to the same sorts of goods and services that you provide. Pursuing infringers is actually quite simple but there's a lot of things you can do wrong if you don't know what the process is. So in this episode, we'll run you through our list of top tips to stop competitor...

Today we talk to Natasha Hawker, the Director of the recruitment and HR advisory company - Employee Matters and together we drill into how you can potentially minimise employee disputes within your organisation by investing on training and development for your managers.

A recent report from the ACCC quoted $340 Million worth of combined financial losses for individuals and businesses in 2017 due to scams. Today, we’re hoping to help put you on notice about the sorts of things that you might be receiving that you should be extraordinarily wary of.

Welcome to the second half of our 2-part series with Matt Barnett of Bonjoro. In today’s episode, we get more specific and go through a 7-point plan in delighting your customers - which is based off a whitepaper that Matt and his team at Bonjoro put together to help business owners enhance relationships with their clients and customers.

Today we'll talk about a neat little app called Bonjoro - and how tools such as this one can effectively help enhance our client relationships and thereby avoid potential disputes into the future. This episode is the first half of a 2-part series with no less than the Papa Bear of the Bonjoro Team, Matt Barnett.

Today we give you our top legal tips for dealing with commercial disputes. To help us with this bold task, we bring back on the show Jayne Qorraj, who heads up our litigation, dispute resolution, and also employment divisions here at Aspect Legal.

Welcome to the final half of our series with Michael Hutchens on using numbers to drive growth and strategy. Today we talk a bit more about Modano's software which enables you to build and maintain a scalable investment banking quality financial model using Excel, and we give you tips on how to get started!

This is the first episode of a special two-part series with Michael Hutchens of Modano. Today Michael talks to us about the power of using numbers to drive the growth and strategy of your business, and the opportunities available for advisors to business in relation to this. Michael is also introducing us to a new software they developed, which makes financial modelling more accessible to small bu...

We’re issuing this important warning due to the number of issues that we’ve seen coming up regularly. In this episode, we’re talking about the risks for accountants and advisors in business name and company registrations.

Michael and Joanna delve deeper into leadership and its role in building and developing communities. Michael is also going to discuss his work with an amazing organisation, Caritas Australia, one of the world’s largest and most effective emergency response networks.

Today we are talking about some very important new legislation - the GDPR, which is an EU based legislation that can impact organisations here in Australia. To talk about this topic, we have brought on board Mary Anne Waldren from the Master Advisor Program and our very own Elizabeth Lee from Aspect Legal, and together we are discussing the GDPR and its impact on businesses here in Australia.

Michael and Joanna explore the role of leadership in building a high performance culture and environment for your team. Michael delves into how he turned the tough times into positive opportunities, and beat adversity in pursuit of long term success.

Today we have Grace Yi, our resident trade mark specialist, to talk about the ins and outs of the trade mark process and in particular, today we want to answer the questions that we are most often asked about by first time trade mark applicants. So we thought we'd put together a podcast episode where we run through the trade mark process and answer all of the commonly asked questions.

Today we analyse the government's initial briefing for the 2018-2019 Australian Federal Budget and bring you the information contained in that briefing about illegal phoenixing activity. These are extremely important issues for directors of companies to be aware of so listen on for our quick updates on the Federal Budget 2018 in relation to combating illegal phoenixing.

Today we pick up on our conversation last week with Ben Walker and we drill into the practical reality of choosing between tax structures and the impact this may have if you’re planning on selling the business in the future.

Ben Walker, the founder and CEO of the accounting firm Inspire, joins us on this episode to talk to us about the key differences between the 3 main categories for business structures - sole trader, company and trust.

Martin Lo Surdo of Amplify Business introduces us to the fascinating world of franchising! In this episode, Martin walks us through the basics of the franchise business model and talk about the sorts of questions that both potential franchisors and franchisees might be thinking about.

We’re excited to have on the show Greg Savage of The Savage Truth – who brings to us a wealth of experience in building businesses, having taken just one of his businesses from start up to $60 million.

We bring in on this episode, Sam De Longis of Trilogy Resources. Sam shares his humble beginnings, and how he started from working as an employee to building his own business. Sam also shares his encounters with two particularly difficult moments in the business and how he managed to get through those times.