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Why choose Dundas Lawyers®?
Having exerted Blood Sweat and Years® since April 2010 we are the team you want on your side for the long term to act as the ‘bodyguard’ for your business in the professional service industry. Some of the reasons clients choose Dundas Lawyers® include:
- our Uncommon business acumen;
- our Uncommon expertise in transactional, compliance and litigious matters;
- our Uncommon expertise forensic case preparation;
- our Uncommon customer focus;
- the fact that we don’t just know law, we know business!
- how we leverage our Uncommon Nous® to provide client centric solutions.
Considering getting a lawyer to advise your business?
For a confidential, no obligation initial telephone call to find out how we can help your business gain an uncommon advantage in the professional service industry, please phone our team on either 1300 386 529 or 07 3221 0013.

Malcolm Burrows B.Bus.,MBA.,LL.B.,LL.M.,MQLS.
Legal Practice Director
T: +61 7 3221 0013 (preferred)
M: +61 419 726 535
E: mburrows@dundaslawyers.com.au

Recent insights for professional services
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Employee or contractor – implications for intellectual property
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Recent Federal Court decisions regarding professional services
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Hix Investment Pty Ltd v Wong [2024] FCA 1461
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for interlocutory injunction restraining the reproduction of plans and 3D images of portable homes products – where the applicant alleges the respondents copied the plans and 3D images in the portable homes products in infringement of the applicant’s copyright – former employee’s fiduciary and contractual obligations – misuse of confidential…
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Harman v Opus Recruitment Solutions – Australia Pty Ltd (Stay Application) [2024] FCA 1356
INDUSTRIAL LAW – application to declare restrictive covenants in an employment contract and shareholder agreement invalid – where each of the clauses are respectively the subject of exclusive jurisdiction clauses of New South Wales and England and Wales – applications for declarations that the employment ceased by reason of redundancy and also as to how…
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The Practice Pty Ltd v The Practice Business Advisers & Tax Practitioners Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 1299
TRADE MARKS – infringement claim pursuant to s 120 of the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) (the Act) – whether the respondent used the plain word mark THE PRACTICE as a trade mark – whether the respondent’s marks are substantially identical with, or deceptively similar to, the applicant’s mark – defence under s 122(1)(b)(i)…