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Stephens Lawyers & Consultants
Tel: 03 8636 9100
Fax: 03 8636 9199
Level 3
530 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne
VIC 3000
Primary Contact
Name: Ms Katarina Klaric
Tel: 03 8636 9100
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Stephens Lawyers & Consultants is a well known firm offering legal advice to clients from numerous enterprises and individual clients. The legal franchisor business was established by Julian Stephens in the year 1983. Julian Stephens is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Courts of Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales, and the Northern Territory. He is a specialist in the areas of complex commercial law, with emphasis on intellectual property, computer law, franchising, trade practices, and technology. Julian Stephens has been working as an advocate for cases dealing with theft, piracy, counterfeiting, unauthorised use of intellectual property, technology and other products at various businesses. He has practice in franchising, in forming business structures and many more.

The lawyers firm is functioning with highly skilled lawyers in litigation and commercial business transactions. The people working for the legal franchisor business include Julian Stephens, Katarina Klaric and Shalini Jayaweera. Lawyers are multi skilled taking care of customer’s legal activities in various sectors that would include intellectual property, litigation and dispute resolution, commercial ventures, franchising, entertainment and art, defamation, technology and e- commerce, biotechnology, trade practices and the consumer, and also privacy compliance.

Katarina, as a litigator, has been involved in several leading cases involving intellectual property, complex commercial details, and contraventions of Trade Practices Act. She became a partner of Stephens Lawyers & Consultants in 1989 and has predominant experience in areas of law related to technology and biotechnology, intellectual property law, media law, privacy, franchising, international trade and other trade practice.

Shalini Jayaweera is a member of the legal franchisor business and joined the firm in 2006. Her area of practice would include franchising, biotechnology, international trade law and with her strong scientific academic background, she understands and delivers an effective solution for clients seeking advice in commercialisation of a product and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
28/01/2008
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Stephens Lawyers & Consultants
Tel: 03 8636 9100
Fax: 03 8636 9199
Level 3
530 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne
VIC 3000
Primary Contact
Name: Ms Katarina Klaric
Tel: 03 8636 9100
Visit Website Send Email
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Stephens Lawyers & Consultants News

 
Franchise lawyers Stephens Lawyers & Consultants detail changes to commercial law regarding unfair terms in standard consumer contracts (13/07/2010)
Franchise lawyers Stephens Lawyers & Consultants have issued a consumer law update that provides an overview of new changes to consumer protection laws which came into effect on 1 July 2010.
 
Stephens Lawyers & Consultants highlight the legal traps associated with the Internet and the office and employer liability for employee internet misuse (5/07/2010)
In modern workplaces, employers are being held liable for a wider range of employee misconduct.
 
Franchisors face increased disclosure obligations with new Franchising reforms in force as of 1 July 2010 (1/07/2010)
According to franchise lawyers, Stephens Lawyers & Consultants, franchisors are set to face increased disclosure requirements under reforms to the Franchising Code of Conduct.
 
Stephens Lawyers & Consultants update on developments in intellectual property, tax and labour and employment law when doing business in China (28/06/2010)
China continues to offer opportunities for Australian companies seeking new markets for their technology or considering expanding their business.
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