We are a South Perth firm and we act for clients throughout Perth, City Beach included.
A short drive across the river from our South Perth office.
Whether you come in or handle it remotely, we can accommodate it. Call us to talk it through.
Our expert lawyers will assist and provide professional advice and solutions for the following commercial law services:
Contracts and agreements play an important role in everyday business life.
ABMS Lawyers have years of experience with commercial law, including handling debt recovery legal action for institutions and business’s of all different sizes.
Debt Recovery can become very urgent – we can help
We understand the urgency of recovering debt as soon as possible. Our lawyers will assess each case and will determine the best way to proceed, whether that is a letter of demand, a court summons or serve a bankruptcy notice.
Cost Clauses in Your Contracts
When selling goods or services it is important to have terms and conditions to ensure that you can claim your costs of recovery of outstanding debt. By having a well-prepared terms and conditions costs clause will allow the recovery of more legal fees and expenses that may have been incurred.
Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement contracts are legally binding. The aim of this kind of contract is to ensure that specific information is kept secret and confidential.
Types of Confidential Information:
If you need a wills & estate lawyer in City Beach, call ABMS Lawyers on (08) 9468 3297 or send an enquiry and we will talk through your options.
There are some common terms and conditions that all businesses should include in order to protect themselves.
Some of the terms and conditions that you may want to consider for your business include:
Be sure to consult with an attorney to ensure that all of your terms and conditions are legally binding.
Our professional commercial lawyers provide expert legal advice about what you should be aware of when entering a partnership agreement.
Do you need a Partnership Agreement?
This type of agreement is a contract that is made between you and the other partners in your business. It will outline each partner’s duties and responsibilities that need to be upheld. This agreement will determine how important matters are dealt with and how decisions are made.
Once the document has been written up and each of the partners has signed, the contract becomes legally binding and enforceable.
What Terms Should be Included in a Partnership Agreement?
There are many different types of contracts in commercial law. One type is a deed, these contracts are specifically used when each party will promise to or commitment to do something.
Deeds are often used commercially to indicate the serious nature of a commitment, such as when substantial shared interests are at stake. A deed is usually needed if:
What is the difference between an Agreement and a Deed?
In modern contract law the fundamental elements must include:
In an agreement, consideration demonstrates that both parties have accepted and agreed to provide or do something in return for a promise.
However for a deed there is no requirement for consideration for it to be legally binding. The binding nature of a deed means that both parties have already demonstrated their willingness to be bound into the deed agreement.
Common Types of Deeds:
Usually when securing a loan there is a requirement to provide some form of guarantee to the lender. Often this takes the form of an asset that the lender can sell off if the loan is not payed off.
What is a Guarantee security agreement?
A guarantee is a simple security document that will state the conditions where the guarantor will take over the borrower’s repayment obligations if there is a default. One of the responsibilities of the lender is to ensure the guarantor is able to fulfil the obligations that are outlined in the guarantee. The guarantor is also obligated to ensure the borrower will be able to uphold their obligations in repayments.
Guarantees can be provided by:
For small businesses, it is common for an individual to provide a guarantee. For larger more corporate entities the company will guarantee the repayment of a loan that has been borrowed by a subsidiary company has taken out.
It is advised that personal guarantees are avoided as this type of guarantee can expose the individual’s personal assets to the creditor.
What is a commercial loan agreement?
This type of agreement is generally between a bank or some other type of lender and a borrower. It is a legally binding contract that will detail the features that will be involved in the transfer.
Within a Standard Commercial Loan Agreement will be the Following Essential Clauses:
Every service below is available to clients in City Beach. They are ordered by how often they are asked for in an area like this one.
Most unpaid accounts resolve at the letter of demand stage, provided your terms of trade support recovery of interest and costs. If they don’t, the leverage is weaker. Where a demand fails, a claim can be brought in the Magistrates Court, with the process depending on the amount owed. The more useful conversation is usually about your terms and conditions, so the next unpaid account is easier to recover than this one.
Yes. ABMS Lawyers acts across the Perth metropolitan area from our office in South Perth – it is a short drive across the river from our South Perth office. Consultations can be in person, by video or by phone, documents are exchanged electronically, and signing can be arranged to suit you. Call us and we will work out the best way to handle it.
We act for businesses right across Perth’s northern suburbs, including Claremont | Cottesloe | Crawley industrial estates. Our office is in South Perth, but most commercial work never requires you to attend it — contracts are reviewed and returned electronically, and consultations run by video or phone. Where a document genuinely needs working through in person, we can arrange that.
Every three to five years, and immediately after a marriage, separation, birth, death, or the purchase or sale of a significant asset. Marriage revokes a will unless it was made in contemplation of that marriage, which is the single most common way a will stops working.
Before. A great many City Beach businesses are trade and home-based operations working as subcontractors to larger builders and suppliers, and the terms come pre-drafted by the other side. Once you sign, the clauses deciding who wears a delay, a defect or a payment dispute are already settled. A pre-signing review is the cheapest legal work you will ever pay for; the alternative is arguing about it later at considerably greater cost.
