Gateway Law Group

13/03/2026

Here is an excellent article explaining Default Interest

Examines how Australian courts assess claims for default interest clauses, explaining why such clauses attract closer scrutiny than ordinary contractual interest.

01/03/2026

Transcript & link to video exploring the various ways you can get paid when selling your business.

09/06/2025

Remuneration for solicitor-attorneys is a complicated area.

11/11/2024

The origin of the Flanders Poppy
Madame Anna Guérin was the originator of the Remembrance Poppy Day. Prior to this, she was a teacher in Madagascar; a lecturer for the Alliance Française; and a lecturer, fundraiser and humanitarian in the United States during World War I. Anna Guérin landed at the Port of Liverpool on 30 August 1921. She took examples of her French-made poppies to the British Legion men and explained her ‘Inter-Allied Poppy Day’ idea. The Legion was very sceptical and Anna Guérin’s credentials had to be checked out but, before September was out, the British had adopted the ‘Inter-Allied Poppy Day’ idea.

Madame Guérin paid for the British remembrance poppies herself and the British Legion reimbursed her, after the first British Poppy Day on 11 November 1921. From 1922 onwards, British veterans made Remembrance Poppies at The Poppy Factory and, from 1926, at Lady Haig's Poppy Factory.
Lest We Forget

24/10/2024

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21/10/2024

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01/10/2024

It's time that the ombudsman started publishing worker's rights. There's been an in balance with the legal and other professions for too long.
The unions don't care unless you're a member and some professions (for example the legal profession) don't have unions except in the UK and Europe.

You need to be paid for all time spent working.

This includes time spent in meetings, doing training (including online or at home) and time spent opening or closing a store.

https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/paying-wages

16/09/2024

Being able to turn off from work related calls and emails is so important to a person's mental health. It's expected if the business is your own, or you rely on income from sales commission but otherwise the right to disconnect has been long overdue.
For employers who require contact of this type - or it's necessary in the nature of the work, it should be reflected in the salary or rate of pay.

One of the more challenging aspects of the right to disconnect is that it extends to contact from third parties (not just employers).

12/08/2024

05/04/2024

I'm a great believer in mediation - I was involved in one recently which was successful for the client in recovering $ from a local auction house. In saying that it was necessary to issue proceedings before they paid attention. Well drafted pleadings and a go to hearing attitude helped.

Mediate early and more than once if you’re not successful the first time.