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Productivity Partners Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Productivity Partners Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2024] HCA 27

The High Court dismissed appeals over unconscionable conduct in a VET FEE-HELP enrolment scheme and held Mr Wills was knowingly concerned in the contravention.

  • Statutory unconscionability
  • Accessorial liability
  • Systems liability
  • Corporate conduct
  • Vet fee-help scheme
  • Consumer protection
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Consumer protection

Productivity Partners Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer CommissionWills v Australian Competition and Consumer CommissionCitation:[2024] HCA 27Before:Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot, Beech-Jones JJDate:14 Aug 2024Case Number:S118/2023, S116/2023Read more

The High Court held that Productivity Partners engaged in unconscionable conduct and that Mr Wills was knowingly concerned in the contravention.

  • Unconscionable conduct
  • Accessorial liability
  • Pecuniary penalty
  • Unconscionable-conduct
  • Accessorial-liability
  • Consumer-protection
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Consumer protection

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd v BegovicCitation:[2023] HCA 43Before:Gageler CJ, Gordon, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot JJDate:13 Dec 2023Case Number:M17/2023Read more

The High Court held that compliance with a label required by law was not misleading or deceptive conduct under s 18 of the Australian Consumer Law.

  • Misleading or deceptive conduct
  • Mandatory statutory compliance
  • Fuel consumption labelling
  • Misleading-or-deceptive-conduct
  • Consumer-protection
  • Statutory-compulsion
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Consumer law

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd v Begovic

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd v Begovic [2023] HCA 43

The High Court held that mandatory fuel consumption labelling did not, of itself, amount to misleading or deceptive conduct under s 18 of the ACL.

  • Misleading or deceptive conduct
  • Mandatory labelling
  • Conflict of statutory provisions
  • Interpretation of consumer law
  • Misleading-or-deceptive-conduct
  • Mandatory-labelling
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Trade practices

Berry v CCL Secure Pty Ltd

Berry v CCL Secure Pty Ltd [2020] HCA 27

The High Court restored damages for appellants after finding the respondent failed to prove it would have lawfully terminated the agency agreement before June 2010.

  • Misleading or deceptive conduct
  • Damages
  • Assessment of damages
  • Causation
  • Termination of contract
  • Misleading-or-deceptive-conduct
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Trade practices

Balls & Tackles Pty Limited v International Management Group of America Pty Ltd

Balls & Tackles Pty Limited v International Management Group of America Pty Ltd [2019] NSWDC 290

The District Court dismissed Balls & Tackles’ misleading-conduct claim, finding the pleaded representations were not proved and no reliance or authority was established.

  • Misleading and deceptive conduct
  • Reliance
  • Authority to make representations
  • Payment of bribes
  • Unconscionable conduct
  • Equitable compensation
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Civil procedure

Williamson v Elders Rural Services Australia Ltd

Williamson v Elders Rural Services Australia Ltd [2019] NSWCA 137

The Court of Appeal dismissed Mr Williamson’s out-of-time application for leave to appeal against refusal to amend, holding the proposed Trade Practices Act claim was barred by issue estoppel.

  • Leave to appeal
  • Interlocutory decisions
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Misleading and deceptive conduct
  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Issue estoppel
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Trade practices

Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Kobelt

Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Kobelt [2019] HCA 18

The High Court dismissed ASIC’s appeal, holding that Mr Kobelt’s book-up system for Anangu customers was not unconscionable under s 12CB of the ASIC Act.

  • Unconscionable conduct
  • Credit
  • Vulnerability
  • Culture and commerce
  • System of conduct
  • Statutory interpretation
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Consumer protection

Australian Securities and Investments Commission v KobeltCitation:[2019] HCA 18Before:Kiefel CJ, Bell, Gageler, Keane, Nettle, Gordon, Edelman JJDate:12 Jun 2019Case Number:A32/2018Read more

The High Court held that a book-up credit system for Anangu customers was not unconscionable under s 12CB of the ASIC Act, and dismissed the application.

  • Unconscionable conduct
  • Credit arrangements
  • Vulnerability of consumers
  • Unconscionable-conduct
  • Consumer-protection
  • Credit-arrangements
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Equity

Digital Central Australia (Assets) Pty Ltd v Stefanovski (No 2)

Digital Central Australia (Assets) Pty Ltd v Stefanovski (No 2) [2017] FCA 1000

The Federal Court granted injunctions, damages and equitable compensation for misuse of confidential information and statutory misconduct in a franchise dispute.

  • Confidential information
  • Intellectual property
  • Restraint of trade
  • Franchise agreements
  • Misleading and deceptive conduct
  • Unconscionable conduct
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