Mayfair Wealth Partners Pty Ltd trading as Mayfair Platinum and Mayfair 101 promoted two debenture products to wholesale investors, raising over $140 million dollars.

Jeremy joined on the 11th March 2013 as a Cryptologic Linguist Sailor and in June 2013 he enrolled in the Defence Force School of Languages, known colloquially as “LANGS”.

Marc Lorbach is a former member of the Royal Australian Air Force and Australian Army, from 2004-2010 (Air Force Reserve from 2010-2013), and 2018-2019 respectively, who presently resides in Eleebana.

Reports of underpayments among delivery drivers – whether contractors or subcontractors – calls into question the effectiveness of internal payroll reviews, brought on by the discovery of major underpayment in supply of goods to major chains Coles and Woolworths.

Ambulance Australia has been deluged with allegations of widespread gender-based bullying and boys’ club culture that drives women out of the organisation.

Since July 2019, Australia has had new whistleblower laws designed to protect the corporate, financial and tax sectors.

Where a standard form Consumer Contract – a definition which would apply to most Metricon Home Building Contracts – is unfair in the sense of causing a significant imbalance of the parties’ rights and obligations and which incorporates terms which are not reasonably necessary to protect Metricon’s legitimate interests, a Court can set aside or vary the contract terms.

High profile human rights lawyer Stewart Levitt is calling on Indigenous Australians who have been racially profiled by Coles Express Service Stations to come forward.

We all know that in Australia, migrants make up the fabric of our society and contribute significantly to the economy as well. However many migrants are unfamiliar with business practices and laws in Australia, in particular the Franchising Code.

We all know that in Australia, migrants make up the fabric of our society and contribute significantly to the economy as well. However many migrants are unfamiliar with business practices and laws in Australia, in particular the Franchising Code.

We all know that in Australia, migrants make up the fabric of our society and contribute significantly to the economy as well. However many migrants are unfamiliar with business practices and laws in Australia, in particular the Franchising Code.

Priceline franchisees to file class action lawsuit in pursuit of fairer franchise agreements.

The integrity of the pharmacy profession depends upon the ability of pharmacists to provide independent advice.

Priceline, Napoleon Perdis and David Jones Come Full Circle Napoleon Perdis makeup was rolled out in Priceline stores from July 2018 and was the franchisor’s first foray into the prestige beauty market. Priceline presented the distribution deal as an opportunity to turn the decline in mass market cosmetic sales into a positive by offering customers […]

SHAREHOLDER CLASS ACTIONS REMAIN IN THE SPOTLIGHT SHAREHOLDER CLASS ACTIONS REMAIN IN THE SPOTLIGHT DESPITE RESISTANCE FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS; ACADEMICS; LAW FIRMS; AND INDUSTRY BODIES.   The Parliamentary Joint Inquiry on Litigation Funding and Regulation of the Class Action Industry, Enquiry by Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations & Financial Services has been inundated with submissions […]

Racism – alive & well in Australia. Australians seem unaware of the rampant racism in their backyard.   Last week we commented on the one sided reporting of Nine News who seem not to understand that the institutional racism in Australia towards Aboriginal and Indigenous communities is an issue that needs to be addressed by […]

DIGITAL GIANTS HELD TO ACCOUNT The need to ‘go digital’ has never been more pronounced – those who embrace digital advertising and marketing are the businesses most likely to come out the other side of COVID-19 on top.   As paper telephone directories become relics of the past, small businesses look to online directories for […]

PRINT OBSOLETE AS DIGITAL REIGNS SUPREME Australia’s Newscorp today announced that over 100 of News Corp’s regional and community titles will no longer produce print editions and instead move to digital-only formats, whilst an additional 14 titles will cease to exist. This is due to an overall consumer shift from print to online.   While […]

THE REAL FAKE NEWS: “$30M PAYDAY FOR RIOTERS!” Channel Nine News’ ‘investigation’ which aired on the 22nd May, 2020 is, in fact, a distorted and racist story about absolutely nothing.   The so-called 30M dollar ‘Pay Day’, which is the subject of Nine News’ story of 22 May, 2020, is the distribution of court-ordered compensation, […]

PHARMACIST BURNOUT: “PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE” Below is extracted from the Australian Journal of Pharmacy.   I am concerned with the wellbeing of pharmacists who have a difficult and unique role to play at this time and believe that understanding and sharing their experiences will be of benefit, not only to our profession, but also more broadly,” […]

AJP REPORTS ON DISPARITY IN SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN INDEPENDENT & BANNER FRANCHISES     “The extraordinary demand driven by fearful consumers who deluged pharmacies created enormous trauma throughout the supply chain.” —Bruce Annabel, industry analyst   One anonymous pharmacy proprietor based in metropolitan Sydney told AJP that among the three independent pharmacies and a warehouse pharmacy […]

A SNAPSHOT OF THE EVOLUTION OF CLASS ACTION PROCEEDINGS THE ECONOMICS OF CLASS ACTIONS: ‘BOOK BUILDING’, FREE RIDERS, COMMON FUND ORDERS AND FUNDING EQUALISATION ORDERS.   A snapshot of the evolution of class action proceedings in recent times – from Money Max to Brewster and beyond.   Decision of Money Max Int Pty Ltd (Trustee) […]

SHAREHOLDER CLASS ACTIONS IN THE SPOTLIGHT THE PROS OF SHAREHOLDER CLASS ACTIONS:   From a consumer and small business perspective, there are significant advantages in collective redress both in terms of availability, costs and speed of obtaining a remedy when compared to private litigation.   Moreover, the current enforcement settings in Australia have been shown […]

SPECIAL DISPENSATION FOR 7-ELEVEN FRANCHISEES 7-Eleven has made an application to the ACCC to allow 7-Eleven store owners to reduce trading hours and/or close as necessary due to the impact of COVID-19 on foot traffic and revenue. These circumstances variably affect all franchisees, based largely on the store’s location.   On that basis, the decision […]

An overview of API & PRICELINE’S COVID-19 response in the media. SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENT & STRONG HALF YEAR TO FEBRUARY 29, 2020. While COVID-19 has resulted in lower consumer sentiment; the pharmaceutical industry is one of the few industries that has seen an uptake in revenue. This is particularly true of Priceline revenue is up […]

Stewart Levitt, Senior Partner, on the Priceline Class Action. In the clip, Stewart Levitt expounds upon the following: 1. The action’s legal claims; 2. Heads of damages (compensation); 3. The action’s overarching aim: to add value to the franchisees’ investment by creating a fairer, legally compliant franchise model.   Levitt Robinson has a track record […]

Residents claim “Aveo Way” took away the valuable right to sell on the same terms as they bought Class Action proceedings are well advanced against Aveo, on behalf of current and former Aveo residents, who claim the introduction of the “Aveo Way” contract from at least 2015, saw Aveo take away their right to pass […]

Straight from the pharmacists’ mouth Soon to be Lead Applicant in the Priceline Class Action, Chris Lemon, provides practical examples of Priceline’s control over its franchisees, touching on the following issues:   1. Impact of the SAP implementation in 2015. 2. High cost of goods (compared to his Independent pharmacy) 3. Issues related to stock […]

Corporate messaging turns warm and fuzzy… COVID-19 represents a humanitarian challenge that is unprecedented. The challenges that come with social distancing and isolation has seen corporate messaging transformed into variations of the community-focused affirmation – “we’re here for you”.   It’s essential that large corporations appear to be ‘doing their part’ rather than ‘cashing in’ […]

Was Your Ad-Spend Money Down the Toilet? We know many of you are sick of wasting money with advertisers who do the following: 1. Overpromise & under-deliver on both volume and quality of leads e.g. “leads” are from other marketeers, out of the area in which you work etc   2. ‘Upsell’ an additional or […]