Tables -- Competition and Consumer Act 2010 -- Schedule 1 - the schedule version of part IV -- Schedule 2 - the Australian consumer law -- Competition and consumer regulations 2010 -- Related regulations -- Related materials -- Index
Summary
Businesses and advisers need to come to grips with the Competition and Consumer Act as it impacts on various aspects of day to day corporate activity. This edition includes the latest consumer law cases, including State Supreme Court cases: Wingecarribee Shire Council v Lehman Brothers (investment advice before the GFC), ACCC v Apple (iPad advertising) Technology Leasing v Lennmar (telephone services), ACCC v Energy Watch (comparative pricing ads for electricity & gas) and ACCC v MSY Technology (availability of warranties). It alos includes new commentary: New commentary on withdrawal of immunity in cartel cases, the right to legal representation at 155 examinations, the legislative history of third line forcing and explaining the context for other key competition provisions. It has additions about cartels: The latest decisions in the long-running ACCC cases against international airlines over alleged price fixing arrangements in relation to fuel surcharges on air freight: ACCC v Emirates [2012] FCA 1108 and ACCC v Malaysia Airline System Berhad (No 2) [2012] FCA 767