Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 33 Pt 3
By journalalerts on October 28, 2025
Tag: Consumer concerns
Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 33 Pt 2
By journalalerts on October 28, 2025
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: A New Australian Retail Central Bank Digital Currency: Consumer Law Considerations A Timely Reappraisal of the Pattinson Principles on Penalty Analysis Access to Services Adrian Coorey Alanna Harrigan Alexandra Dale Alison McCook Amy Glenister Bill Keane SC Bonnie Huang Case Note Chantal Encavey Christopher Hodgekiss SC Competition and Consumer Protection Laws in the Pacific Consumer concerns Eco-nomic Harm: ASIC v Mercer and the Road Ahead for Civil Penalties in Greenwashing Cases Editorial Eloise Gluer Enforcement and Remedies Enhancing Transparency and Predictability in Agreed Penalties and Penalty Discounts in Australian Competition Law Excluding the Operation of the Statutory Prohibition on Misleading or Deceptive Conduct: Are There Trans-Tasman Differences? Holly Worrad Ian Reynolds John Hedge Katherine Cheng Katia Zotova Landmarks Lindsay Trotman Market Definition and Misuse of Market Power – The Touchstone Decision Matthew Berkahn Misuse of Market Power for Refusal to Provide Access Morgan Blaschke-Broad Nancy Michail New Merger Approval Regime Nicola Jackson Noa Zulman Odds and Ends Price Gouging – Competition and Consumer Options for Reform Rachel Burgess Record Penalties and Ghost Flights – Lessons from ACCC v Qantas Report from China Report from New Zealand Report from The Pacific Richard Flitcroft Rutendo Muchinguri Snapshots The Australian Competition Tribunal The High Court Expounds on Systematic Unconscionable Conduct; Section 22 Factors and Accessorial Liability under the ACL Tim Luxton Tribunal Tableaux Tuyen Tran Update on China’s Anti-unfair Competition Law Wayne Leach
Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 33 Pt 1
By journalalerts on April 11, 2025
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: Administrative and Competition Policy AI-Powered Pricing Algorithms: Be Alert - Not Alarmed Andrew Christopher Bernard McCabe Beware the User Manual: Ventilator Shortages during COVID Britt Gerritsen Chris Whelan Comments from Commerce Competition and Consumer Issues from Artificial Intelligence Foundation Models Consumer concerns Consumer Protection Dr Luke Wainscoat Dr Rafi Alam Editorial Elizabeth (Liz) Greenwood Google and the Vexed Nexus between Competition Law and Privacy Law Henry Lynch Holly Raiche Intelligent Design: The Need for Fit-for-Purpose Laws to Regulate AI Is the Small Business Sector Disappearing? Joe Scarcella Katharine Kemp Obstetricians Help Deliver a Legal Precedent Patrick Quirk Professor Niloufer Selvadurai Report from Asia Report from Europe Review of Japan’s Ex-Ante Smartphone Software Legislation Telecommunications The European Commission’s Draft Guidelines on the Application of Art 102 of the TFEU to Abusive Exclusionary Conduct By Dominant Companies – Overview The Evidence Base for Tightening Australia’s Merger Laws Tom Pick
Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 32 Pt 3
By journalalerts on October 29, 2024
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: Another New Feature Applications by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd and Suncorp Group Ltd [2024] ACompT 1 Authorisations and notifications Bill Keane Case Note Christopher Hodgekiss SC Christopher Pleatsikas Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Ors: Providing Assurance to the ACCC under the Authorisation Test Consumer concerns Editoral Enforcement and Remedies Erin Turner Eyad Maher Dabbah In the Interests of Commercial Certainty – Is It Time to Reconsider the Application of Key Provisions of the Australian Consumer Law? Lesley Morphet Luis Omar Guerrero Rodriguez M Scott KC MartÃn Michaus-Fernández Meshal Althobaiti Report from Africa Report from Latin America Report from the Middle East Rosannah Healy Saudi Arabia Shannon Hadley The Growth of Market Inquiries in Africa as a Competition Policy Tool The Long Road to Deterrence: Sentences of Imprisonment for Criminal Cartel Conduct The Misuse of Discrete Choice Experiment Surveys in Product Liability Cases Unfair Trading Practices: Practical Examples from Consumer Organisations about the Need for Reform Worth repeating
Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 32 Pt 1
By journalalerts on May 1, 2024
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: A Clash of Reviews? Digital Platform Services Inquiry Interim Report 7- 2023 Aaron Wallender Administration and Competition Policy Adrian Coorey Analysing and Characterising Representations That Are Said to Mislead Andrew Christopher Ashmit Vyas Bernard McCabe Beyond All Proportion: High Court in ABCC v Pattinson Affirms Primacy of Deterrence in Fixing Civil Penalties Bid Rigging on the Radar! Britt Gerritsen Case Note Christopher Hodgekiss SC Consumer concerns Consumer Protection Dr Luke Wainscoat Dr Rafi Alam Editorial Gina Cass-Gottlieb Holly Raiche Kanchana Kariyawasam Leanne Wiseman Liam Nieuwland Mind Your Business: Re-balancing Privacy in Consumer Markets New Sustainability Guidelines in Japan Owen Fischbein Professor Niloufer Selvadurai Report from Asia Report from Europe Simon Muys Telecommunications The Digital Markets Act – An Overview of Practical Aspects and Recent Developments The Proposed “Designated” Complaint Function under the ACL – More Strength to a Consumer’s Bow The Threat to Competition from Regulating Bargaining Power Though Much Has Been Done; Much Remains to Be Done Tom S Pick Zoe Odgers
Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 31 Pt 4
By journalalerts on May 1, 2024
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: ACCC/Qantas Alex Sundakov Anna Zabolotnykh Ashutosh Upadhyaya Audrey Reoch Benchmarks Case Note Chris Whelan Commission Cameos Consumer concerns Council considerations Daniel Beratis Defective Goods Economic(s) Matters Evgeny Khokhlov Financial Hardship and Complaints-Handling in the Buy Now Pay Later Industry: A Recent Empirical Study Full Federal Court’s Third Way on Damages Estimation: Toyota Motor Corp Australia Ltd v Williams (2023) 296 FCR 514; [2023] FCAFC 50 Gauri Prabhakar Hank Spier Ian Ramsay Lucinda O'Brien Luke McMahon Major Developments in Competition Law in 2022– 2023 Making NBN’s Monopoly Broadband Work for All Australians Malte Frank Marble Tiles Cause Angst and Second-Hand Car Insurance Warranties Lacking Specificity Margaret Cai New Chinese Intellectual Property Rights Provisions: More Evolution than Revolution New Competition Law in Uzbekistan Nicola Jackson Paul Ali Pravin Anand Report from Central Asia Report from China Report from India Sabrina Frank Siddhant Chamola The Council’s Work During 2022–2023 The Economics of Acting in Good Faith: Lessons from the Mercedes Benz Dealers’ Case The Race to Regulate Big Tech – Lessons from Germany Theresa Li THJ Cadd Vaishali Mittal Wayne Leach
Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 31 Pt 1
By journalalerts on April 24, 2023
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: “Sustainability Agreement” Authorisations: The ACCC Authorises the Australian Bedding Stewardship Council Limited’s “Recycle My Mattress” Scheme Addressing the Anti-competitive Effects of Digital Platforms: The European Response AER Year in Review – Tumultuous Times: The Regulator’s Role in Restoring Trust and Confidence in Energy Markets Alan Zheng An Act for All Seasons Andrew Christopher Anoushka William Australian Energy Regulator Authorisations and notifications Bernard McCabe Carla Massaria Case Note Christopher Hodgekiss SC Consumer concerns Consumer Protection Consumer Protections for Shoppers Seeking Sustainable Purchasers. What Is Missing? Dr Evana Wright Dr Genevieve Wilkinson Editorial Energy etchings Enforcement and Opportunities for the Future Four Steps Back: Threats Facing Australian Criminal Cartel Convictions after Country Care and ANZ High Stakes in Exchange Rate Cartel as Federal Court Sentences Individuals to Jail Time: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Vina Money Transfer Pty Ltd Holly Raiche Illusory Influencers and the Inadequacy of the Current Regulation of Social Media Advertising in Australia Julia White Kristal Burry Lachlan Blair Landmarks Lindsay Trotman Maisie Adams Matthew Berkahn Mekayla McMahon Professor David Lindsay Professor Niloufer Selvadurai Report from Asia Report from New Zealand Rosannah Healy Simon Muys Singapore Airlines Ltd v Taprobane Tours WA Pty Ltd South Korean Competition Law: Recent Reforms Telecommunications The Australian Consumer Law and Marketing and Transactional Webs on the Internet Two Steps Forward Unfair Contract Terms in New Zealand Who is Responsible for an Internet of Unsafe Things under the Australia Consumer Law? Worth repeating
Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 30 Pt 4
By journalalerts on February 8, 2023
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: A New Government – A “New Improved†Competition Agenda??? A Tale of Two Settings: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Google LLC About Face: Consumer Protection in the Data-driven Economy ACCC’s Evidence regarding the Market Power of Digital Platforms Administration and Competition Policy AJCCL Alex Sundakov Amy Pereira An Analysis of Publicity Orders under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 Case Note Christopher Hodgekiss SC Commission Cameos Competition in Artificial Markets: Example of the Electricity Wholesale Market Competition Litigation – The Role of the Federal Court Consumer concerns Council considerations Defective Goods Diana Biscoe Dodgy Diesel Particulate Filters Dr Luke Wainscoat Economic(s) Matters Editorial Hank Spier Ian Ramsay Jessica Flatters Justice Michael O’Bryan Lloyd Freeburn Major Developments in Competition Law in 2021–2022 Malika Bouhafs Nick Lehm Nicola Jackson Personalia Pravin Anand Recent Changes to China’s Anti-monopoly Law Report from China Report from India Rod Sims AO – A Decade Leading the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Rosie Finlayson Russell Miller AM Rusty Wire and Wrinkly Bubbly Awnings Siddhant Chamola T H J Cadd Talk – Is Not Always Cheap? The Council’s Work during 2021–2022 Vaishali Mittal Wayne Leach
Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 30 Pt 3
By journalalerts on October 14, 2022
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: Access to Services Balance of Convenience in Merger Cases Benchmarks Bill Keane Bronwen Peberdy Case Note Chandni Gupta Christopher Hodgekiss SC Claudia Oakeshott Competitors Frozen Out by Peters’ Exclusive Distribution Agreement: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Australasian Food Group Pty Ltd Consumer concerns Continuing the ACL Journey COVID-19; the Australian Consumer Law and Serendipity Deniz Kayis Digital Markets and Competition on the African Continent Douglas Shirrefs Editorial Enforcement and Remedies Iñigo Cortina Lira John Hedge Ketki Kotwal Lesley Morphet MartÃn Michaus-Fernández Omar Guerrero RodrÃguez Port of Newcastle: Scope of Arbitration Outcomes and Relevance of Historical User Contributions Report from Africa Report from Latin America Rod Sims Shane Stewart Snapshots The Choice Mirage: How Australian Consumers Are Being Duped Online via Dark Patterns There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch – Or Laptop Tom Bridges Trade or Commerce – The Threshold for Entry into the Realm of Misleading and Deceptive Conduct When the Left Hand Does Not [Want to] Know What the Right Hand Is Doing: The Attribution and Aggregation of Corporate Knowledge in Australia
Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 30 Pt 2
By journalalerts on July 20, 2022
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: “Don’t Put Your Eggs in One Basketâ€: Important Merger Takeaways Following Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v IVF Finance Pty Ltd ACCC Denies Authorisation for Alliance between Qantas and Japan Airlines Alexander Neerhut Andrea Asoni Authorisations and notifications Beating the Algorithm but Not the ACL: Google Advertising and the Search for Reasonableness Bernard McCabe case notes Christopher Hodgekiss SC Christopher Pleatsikas Consumer concerns Consumer Needs and the Future of Broadband Consumer Protection Deniz Kayis Digital Platforms’ Vertical Integration: Friend or Foe? Does Competition Law Have a Digital Achilles’ Heel? Epic Games Hasan Mohammad Inc v Apple Inc: Battle Royale over Choice of Forum Inquire Now International Aviation and Competition Policy in Australia – Complementary or in Conflict? Lisa Navarro Megan Ward Mei Gong Melissa Camp New Draft Guidance on Horizontal Co-operation in Europe – What It Means for Companies Wanting to Co-operate in Purchasing Odds & Ends Regulate Later: Australia’s Light-touch Approach to Regulating Buynow- pay-later Products Report from Britain Report from Europe Report from North America Rosannah Healy Russell Miller AM Stephanie Hayes Stephen Tupper The Australian Competition Tribunal in 2021 Theadora Fabricius Thomas Shaw Time to Play “Nicely†in the Sandbox Tom Pick Tribunal Tableaux Unconscionable Conduct and Codes of Conduct