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The Federal Court has ordered Trivago to pay $44.7 million in penalties for making misleading representations about hotel room rates in television advertising and on its website, following proceedings brought by the ACCC. The Court's decision in
In the case of Stubbings v Jams 2 Pty Ltd [2022] HCA 6, the High Court allowed an appeal in relation to unconscionable conduct surrounding asset-based lending and vulnerable borrowers. In particular, the High Court found that lenders cannot ...
Judgment date: 31 March 2022 Citation: Briggs v IAG Limited t/a NRMA Insurance Jurisdiction: Supreme Court, Wright J Introduction While the relevant tests of causation and the importance of medical science in these tests have been previously delibera...
Judgment date: 11 April 2022 Citation: Stanton v Winning [2022] NSWDC 104 Jurisdiction: District Court Introduction The Personal Injury Commission has no power to exercise federal jurisdiction within the meaning of ss 75 and 76 of the Commonwealth Co...
It is not unusual for professional service firms to have divisions of advisers across various disciplines, such as a accountants and lawyers. Can legal professional privilege be used as a shield by these firms to prevent the disclosure of documents?...
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has held in a unanimous decision that a creditor of an insolvent company is not entitled to a statutory set off in response to a liquidator's claim for the recovery of an unfair p...
Judgment date: 6 April 2022 Citation: Tapp v Australian Bushmen’s Campdraft & Rodeo Association Ltd [2022] HCA 11 Jurisdiction: High Court of Australia On 6 April 2022, the High Court of Australia set aside the judgment of the NSW Court of...
On 25 March 2022, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) obtained orders in the Federal Court against Australasian Food Group Pty Ltd, trading as Peters Ice Cream (Peters) for engaging in the pract...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched Federal Court proceedings against Facebook owner Meta Platforms, Inc. and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta), alleging Meta engaged in false, misleading, or deceptive conduct t...