Category Archives: Law

Australian Law Firm Summer Clerkship Careers Site Links and resume advice

Jul 4,2008 | (7) | Filed in: Law

Clerkship Applications, Clerkship Interviews and Law Resumes For the law students out there who are completing the somwhat daunting legal summer clerkship or articles clerkship applications at the moment, I thought it may be helpful to provide a set of links to each of the main Australian Law Firm careers sites. It is not an Read More…

By James | Tagged articled clerkship, Australian law firms, clerkship application, law firm, law interviews, law resume, legal career, legal clerkship, summer clerkship | Comments (7)

What the media got wrong about the Opes Prime Collapse and Beconwood ruling

May 5,2008 | (16) | Filed in: Law

After reading the article Opes client loses court Bid, by Chris Zappone in the SMH and the Age, I had a desire to not only consider a career in popular legal journalism but to write a blog about the ANZ Bank, Beconwood Securities and the rest of the companies and individuals that have been affected Read More…

By James | Tagged ANZ, Beconwood securities, chris murphy, contract law, Corporate Law, equitable interest, equity of redemption, Margin Call, Margin Lending, mick gatto, Mortgage Markets, opes, Opes Prime, Opes Prime clients, opes prime collapse, opes prime summary, Paul Choiselat, Securities lending agreement, stock broker, stock market, Trading | Comments (16)

Six different types of public and proprietary companies

Mar 15,2008 | (12) | Filed in: Law

Following on from my blog on company characteristics, I thought I would write a quick blog on the different types of companies that are common today. Companies are classified according to liability, size and where they are listed. We will discuss the first two and the resulting 6 common types of companies we arrive at. Read More…

By James | Tagged Charities, Companies Limited By Guarantee, Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Limited Liability Companies, Non Profit company, Partnerships, Proprietary Companies, Public Companies, Share Capital, Shareholders, Unlimited Liability | Comments (12)

What is a company, what characterises a company and why form a company ?

Mar 7,2008 | (2) | Filed in: Law

Companies are…. Most people have a decent concept of what a company is. They could tell you that there are lots of them, they make lots of money, most work for one, and typically that they sell a particular thing or provide a range of services. Most people even know that many companies have “pty Read More…

By James | Tagged business, Business Structures, companies, Corporate Form, Debts, Definition, Insolvency, Legal Obligations, Limited Liability, Partnership, Pty Ltd, Salomon and Salomon, Shareholder, Shareholders, Sole Traders, Succession, Taxation, Unlimited Liability | Comments (2)