The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) is a new external dispute resolution (EDR) scheme that has been formed to deal with complaints from consumers against an AFCA member. AFCA replaces the existing EDR sc ...
Before it had a chance to come into full effect, the South Australian government has announced that it is scrapping the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017.
Emily Haar, Senior Associate, reviews the announcement. ...
Authors: Robert Riddell, Partner and Brianna Smith, Lawyer
Poor payment practices in the construction industry have faced increasing scrutiny by legislators, culminating in a series of amendments (and proposed amen ...
Authors: Ian Nathaniel, Partner and Conrad Banasik, Associate
The small business unfair contract term legisation has been in force for almost 2 years, and the ACCC has been making enforcement of this legislation a prior ...
Author: Tom Griffith, Partner
Following a finding on 19 March 2018 that Heinz had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct, the Federal Court of Australia last week hit the food giant with a $2.25 million penalt ...
Authors: Tim Clark, Partner & Andrew Barling, Senior Associate
Following continuing complaints by consumers in relation to differences between the advertised NBN service speeds and those actually experienced by consumer ...
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