Recorded Webinar: Unfair Contract Legislation and Small Business Transactions

Unfair contract terms protection has now been extended to small business. This session looks at recent legal developments in the regulation of unfair contract terms:

• Unfair contract term regulation and small business - impact on standard form contracts
• What is a small business under the new laws?
• Understanding what is an unfair term – the key issues that make it ‘unfair’
• The impact of a finding that a term is unfair – enforceability and rights
• Why it is important to review standard form contracts to ensure compliance
• The impact on unilateral rights in a contract
• Where to now for business:
  • use of standard form contracts including automatic renewal clauses
  • avoiding unenforceable terms
  • risk management checklist when entering new contracts