14 questions to ask yourself if:

you own a business
you manage a business
you are purchasing a business
you are establishing a new business

1.	Have you had advice on the best legal structure for your business?
2.	Have you done a licensing audit to ensure you have identified all areas of licensing which impact on your business?
3.	Have you addressed all areas of licensing exposure?
4.	Have you done a regulation audit to ensure you are not exposed to regulatory requirements that may impact on your business such as environmental, occupational health and safety, equal opportunity, privacy and trade practices
5.	Have you addressed all areas of regulation exposure?
6.	Have you done an intellectual property audit to identify any intellectual property exposure?
7.	Have you addressed intellectual property exposures with, for example, confidentiality agreements and trade mark licenses?
8.	Have you done an employment audit and identified your exposure as an employer?
9.	Have you addressed all areas of employment exposure and protected you and your company with for example employment agreements?
10.	Have you (and your Board) been trained in your obligations as a Company Director?
11.	Have you protected your family’s future with a legal will?
12.	Does your business need to raise capital or re-structure,
13.	Do you want to sell your business (we hope it's not because you have just asked yourself the last 13 questions)?
14.	Have you done a contract audit to assess your personal and business exposure to any existing contracts, or exposure to the absence of any contracts, with suppliers, purchasers, partners, joint ventures, shareholders, land lords, and financiers?

Now you have read these questions you will know yourself whether you need our assistance. Please call 1300 1400 15.

Richard Hobson

Onyx Legal Director

"Hi. I’m Onyx Legal Director Richard Hobson.

Our focus at Onyx is on helping people to build and protect their wealth - whether your wealth creation strategy is through business or investment.

To that end our legal service is focused on prevention rather than cure - making sure you consider all the legal issues of your situation and ensuring all the appropriate protections are in place.

We’re rather like your legal GP. We’ll diagnose the issues and either help you directly or refer you to someone in our extensive legal network. A legal health check is a good place to start.

Have a read of the questions to my right to see if you need a check up."