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The Sharing Economy – Uber, Airbnb and your Legal Obligations:

The Sharing Economy – Uber, Airbnb and your Legal Obligations:

Have you heard of the sharing economy? In a nutshell is a socio-economic ecosystem that is built around the concept of the sharing of goods and services by different people and organisations. The poster children of the sharing economy currently are Uber and Airbnb.

Do You Uber? – Australia’s Laws Can’t Keep Up:

Do You Uber? – Australia’s Laws Can’t Keep Up:

Technology is progressing at an ever increasing speed and a recent report to come out of the ‘root and branch’ Competition Policy Review, or the ‘Harper Review’ has highlighted how the laws in Australia are not keeping pace with technological change.

There’s an App for That - The iPhone Will:

There’s an App for That - The iPhone Will:

In most cases for a Will to be valid in Australia it is required to be a written document that is signed by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses. While it is always preferable to have a Will constructed in this way, the legislation that exists in Queensland does allow for the courts to dispense with these formal requirements in certain circumstances and admit what is termed an ‘informal will’.