We regularly publish news updates to alert our clients to important legal and accounting developments that may affect their business as well as developments within our business that we wish to share with our clients.
In September 2018, the ACCC imposed an infringement notice against Fitness First for contravening the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (CCA) provisions relating to excessive payment [...]
In Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Meriton Property Services Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCA 1125, Meriton Property Services Pty Ltd has been penalised $3 million for manipulating [...]
The Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measure No. 3) Act 2018 (Cth) commenced on 1 September 2018, introducing significant increases to the maximum penalties for breaches of the Australian Consumer Law.
In Sportsbet Pty Ltd v Crownbet Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 1045, Australia’s biggest non-retail bookmaker, Sportsbet Pty Ltd, has been successful in obtaining an interlocutory injunction preventing [...]
The Retail Leases Amendment (Review) Act 2017 No 2 came into force on 1 July 2017 and made a number of important amendments to the Retail Leases Act 1994. This article looks at the benefits for [...]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won its action against Thermomix In Australia Pty Ltd after the Federal Court ruled that Thermomix knowingly kept safety issues relating to [...]
This recent decision holds significant implications for businesses as it suggests that, in certain circumstances, competitors may freely use similar, almost identical, phrases in marketing their [...]
The Corporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced Funding for Proprietary Companies) Bill 2017 (the Bill), if passed, will extend CSF to privately-held companies. This would open up significant [...]
The Retail Leases Amendment (Review) Act 2017 No 2 came into force on 1 July 2017 and made a number of important amendments to the Retail Leases Act 1994. This article looks at the amendments [...]
This article considers the new obligations on certain entities in responding to data breaches of personal information, which came in force on 22 February 2018.
