Australian businesses should note the New Zealand High Court’s recent finding that competitors entering agreements to minimise competition in relation to keyword advertising risk being penalised for cartel conduct. ...
David Grace, a founding partner of Cooper Grace Ward, has been featured in Financier Worldwide Magazine. The article, “Managing employee compliance training” delves into the importance of managing employee compliance ...
Australian businesses should note the New Zealand High Court’s recent finding that competitors entering agreements to minimise competition in relation to keyword advertising risk being penalised for cartel conduct.
One of Cooper Grace Ward’s founding partners, David Grace, is today celebrating 50 years as a practicing solicitor.
On 19 March 2021, the Federal Court handed down a decision that clarified the scope of section 21 of the Australian Consumer Law. The Court indicated that, while exploitation of some vulnerability or disadvantage will often be a feature of unconscionable conduct, it is not is not an essential element
Changes to the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) will soon allow more customers access to the ACL’s consumer guarantees when acquiring goods or services.
On 11 March 2020, the High Court handed down its decision in ASIC v King [2020] HCA 4, a decision that considers the scope of definition of company ‘officer’ in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Section 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) contained an exemption for transactions involving licensing or assignment of certain intellectual property rights from certain prohibitions against anti-competitive conduct.
David Grace, a founding partner of Cooper Grace Ward, has been featured in Financier Worldwide Magazine. The article, “Managing employee compliance training” delves into the importance of managing employee compliance training. His quote is as follows: “Compliance must be part of the corporate culture each day, throughout the whole of
New ‘lemon laws’ will afford buyers of defective motor vehicles additional avenues of redress and protections from 1 September 2019.
The ACCC told us to expect further Competition and Consumer Law interventions in 2018, following a significant number of enforcement actions in 2017, and they were not kidding!
In a recent consent decision handed down by the Federal Court, eight terms in a JJ Richards & Sons Pty Ltd standard form contract used to contract with small businesses were declared unfair and void.
The Financial Ombudsman Service Australia (FOS) deals with a range of disputes including banking, credit, loans, insurance and financial planning.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleged that Woolworths engaged in unconscionable conduct within the meaning of the Australian Consumer Law when it designed and implemented its Mind the Gap scheme in 2014.
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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