When establishing or operating a business, consideration needs to be given to both the business structure and operational structure. The structure of ...

Read time: 4 minutes  Legal system – Australia The Australian legal system is a ‘common law’ system, meaning the two main sources of law are: ...

Setting profit goals and striving to achieve them would be pointless if there were no means of checking results against targets. This is one of the ...

Read time: 3 minutes Changes to Australian Standard AS 4122 General conditions of contract for engagement of consultants and the introduction of ...

Read time: 10 minutes Copyright protects specific categories of works, one of which is artistic works. Architectural drawings, models of buildings, ...

Read time: 1 minute Unless otherwise agreed, architectural photographers own the copyright of their images and control their use and reproduction.

Read time: 9 minutes The moral rights provisions in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (the Act) mean that clients of architectural practices need to ...

Read time: 3 minutes It is not uncommon for a client to ask an architect or firm to sign a general ‘waiver’ of moral rights (eg, ‘I agree to waive ...