It is always fantastic to receive a phone call from a prospective new client that wants to throw plenty of work your way. But this does not happen every day. In fact, you may go weeks or months between these types of phone calls and easy win client acquisitions.   There are any number of tried (or should that be tired) and tested sales methods to get yourself in front of prospective new clients to showcase your business and your service offering. Before I became a solicitor, I held a number of roles in the legal industry which involved sales and marketing

INSOLVENCY LAW - HOSPITALITY HURTING The hospitality sector is an integral part of the Australian economy and includes a diverse range of businesses including hotels, pubs, licensed bars, restaurants, cafes, leisure clubs and venues employing over 900,000 workers across the country. The forced closure and restrictions placed on restaurants, cafes and other hospitality venues during 2020 has had wide and damaging effects on the sector from which some businesses will not recover. With over 130,00 businesses in the sector, the market is already highly competitive with technology driving change across the industry and establishments working harder to differentiate their offering from that of

The temporary insolvency protections relating to statutory demands, which apply to all companies, ended on 31 December 2020. In the normal course, under section 459E of the Corporations Act, a creditor can issue a statutory demand against a company demanding payment of a debt of at least $2,000 (the Statutory Minimum) that is currently due and payable. The company then has 21 days after being served with the statutory demand to pay the demanded amount, reach an agreement with the creditor about the debt to the creditor's satisfaction, or to apply to a relevant court to have the statutory demand set

Credit reporting agencies are often utilised by lenders as part of a loan approval process. If you default on the loan the lender will issue notices, which if ignored may then result in the lender registering a default on your credit rating. Equifax is the largest credit reporting agency and holds about 85% of the consumer credit reporting market but there are smaller players in the market. A Court can also record a default on a person’s credit rating when legal proceedings have been issued to recover a debt and a judgment has been issued against the defendant. A judgment that is unpaid