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As the April long weekend drew to a close, the latest amendments to the Unfair Contract Term Regime came into effect. The amendments see the Regime's reach extend to include certain insurance contracts covered by the Insurance Contracts Act 1984
Legal professional privilege (LPP) protects communications between a lawyer and a client if it was made for the dominant purpose of seeking or providing legal advice, or for use in anticipated legal proceedings. When successfully cl...
As explored in our previous article here, in February 2020, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Illegal Pho...
In the final days of 2020, global burger chain In-N-Out Burger had plenty to celebrate. After years of litigation and success earlier that same year in the Federal Court, In-N-Out Burger was again victorious before the Full Federal Court of Australia...
In the last quarter of 2020, the ACCC commenced proceedings against Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Ltd and a related entity (together "Fuji") for the alleged use of unfair contract terms in their standard form contracts since October 2018....
In November 2020, the Federal and State Governments' announced their mutual intentions to amend the Unfair Contracts Regime (the Regime) to enhance the protections offered by the current Regime. After a twelve-month investig...
Bitcoin has hit an all-time-high this week, breaching AUD$60,000 and appears to be in a new price-discovery phase. The rise is, at least partially, coming off the back of ubiquitous American electric vehicle automotive company, Tesla, confirming in S...
In our previous article, we considered the Federal Court decision of Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has commenced proceedings before the Federal Court of Australia against AA Machinery Pty Ltd (trading as Agrison), alleging breaches of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL