Know Your Rights.
Then Use Them.
Plain-English guides to Australian law — bonds, tradies, tribunals, consumer rights, and more. Written so you can actually act on them.
Contractor Put a Caveat on Your Property? How to Get It Removed
A builder or tradie has lodged a caveat over your home in a payment dispute. Here is how to challenge it and get it lifted.
Read Guide →Got a Parking Fine From a Private Company? Do You Actually Have to Pay?
That "fine" from a shopping centre car park is not a fine at all. Here is what it really is, when it…
Read Guide →How to Respond to a Debt Collector Letter: Know Your Rights in Australia
A debt collector letter is scary by design. Here is what they can and cannot do, how to check whether you actually…
Read Guide →Someone Broke a Verbal Agreement: Is It Enforceable? (Yes, Usually)
A handshake deal is a real contract in Australia. If the other side has gone back on their word, a Letter of…
Read Guide →Former Employer Won’t Give You a Reference? Here Is What You Can Actually Do
No legal right to a reference in Australia, but you have more options than you think, especially if they are saying things…
Read Guide →Someone Using Your Business Name? Trademark and Passing Off Cease and Desist
Another business is trading under your name or something confusingly close. Customers are getting mixed up. Here is how to make them…
Read Guide →Marketing Agency: Client Won’t Pay for Ads Already Run? Send a Letter of Demand
You fronted the ad spend, ran the campaign, delivered the leads. Now they are disputing the invoice. Here is how to recover…
Read Guide →Real Estate Agent: Vendor Sold Privately to Your Buyer and Won’t Pay Commission?
You introduced the buyer, the vendor went around you. Under most agency agreements, you are still owed commission. Here is how to…
Read Guide →Personal Trainer or Coach: Client Stopped Paying Mid-Program? Here Is How to Recover It
They signed up for a 12-week program, did six weeks, and stopped paying. The agreement still stands. Here is how to enforce…
Read Guide →IT Consultant: Built the System, Client Refuses Final Payment? Send a Letter of Demand
The system is live, staff are using it every day, and the final milestone invoice is being ignored. Here is how to…
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