Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 33 Pt 3
By journalalerts on October 28, 2025
Tag: Christopher Hodgekiss SC
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 32 Pt 4
By journalalerts on February 24, 2025
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: Achyut Tewari Alex Sundakov Australia’s Merger Revolution Boris Tam Case Note Christopher Hodgekiss SC Commission Cameos Competition Code of Azerbaijan Concerted Practices: Does the Reach of s 45(1)(c) of the CCA Exceed Its Grasp? Council considerations Defective Goods Domenic Leonello Dr Bashi Kumar-Hazard Economic(s) Matters Editorial Effect of Government Procurement on Competition Energy etchings Evgeny Khokhlov Hank Spier Introducing the AEMC Is the Construction of “In Trade and Commerce” Set in Concrete? Julie Clarke Lily Mitchell Major Developments in Competition Law in 2022–2024 Peter Sise Pravin Anand Report from Central Asia Report from India Restrictive trade practices Scott Rogers The ACCC Continues Its Efforts to Control Bid-Rigging for Publicly Funded Construction Industry Services in Australia The Bad Apple Keyboard Upset Leads to Crabby Relief and an Appeal Unfolds Defective Folding Tables The Council’s Work during 2023–2024 The Risk of Accessorial Liability for Lawyers Drafting Contracts That Contain Unfair Terms THJ Cadd Trade Practices Act 1974 – 50 Years Anniversary – 50 Years of Development and Survival Vaishali Mittal
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 2
By journalalerts on August 14, 2024
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: A Matter of Opinion: Statements of Opinion Access to Services Amabelle C Asuncion Andrew Attard Annalie Grogan Bed; Bath and a Cautionary Fable – When Trade Mark Consumer and Tort Law Collide book review Christopher Hodgekiss SC Christopher Pleatsikas Comments from Commerce Debra Wilson Deniz Kayis Editorial Elizabeth (Liz) Greenwood Fuel for Thought – Part II Ian Ramsay Implied Representations and Liability for Misleading or Deceptive Conduct Jason Ghaly John Hedge Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws in Fair Trading Cases Kelvin Ng Lisa Navarro Lloyd Freeburn Lynsey Edgar Matthew Bunten Most Assuredly There Is a Problem … Navigating High Seas: A Case Note on Karpik v Carnival plc (2023) 98 ALJR 45; [2023] HCA 39 Never Underestimate the Role of a Maverick to Competition: USA et al v American Airlines Group Inc et al Odds and Edds Rachel M Burgess and Alain Charles J Veloso Report from Britain Report from New Zealand Report from North America Rising Tides: Regulating Digital Markets; Consumer Protection and National Security via the Digital Markets Competition and Consumer Bill Russell Miller AM Seung Chan Rhee Simon Muys The Australian Competition Tribunal in 2023 and 2024 The Challenges of Assessing Prudency of Climate Change and Decarbonisation Expenditure The Philippine Competition Act Annotated The Use of Public Warning Notices By ASIC – Should the Law Be Reformed? Tribunal Tableaux Unconscionable Conduct: Linguistic; Cultural and Racial Factors
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 3
By journalalerts on May 1, 2024
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: Alexander Tate Amazon; Antitrust; and a First Amendment Paradox Andrew Christopher Authorisations and notifications Bill Keane Broken Egg: Federal Court in Bluescope Expands Definition of an Attempt to Induce a Cartel Arrangement or Understanding Business Renewables Buying Group: ACCC Continues to Authorise Joint Electricity Procurement Case Note Christopher Hodgekiss SC Competition Policy and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement Don’t Go Chasing Windfalls: Full Federal Court Dismisses Appeal in NSW Ports Case Editorial Enforcement and Remedies Guru Kugananthan Haydn Flack Introduction Julie Clarke Lachlan Blair Landmarks Lesley Morphet Loosening the Handbrake: Competition Law and Sustainability Initiatives MartÃn Michaus-Fernández Michael Gvozdenovic Myles Bayliss Odds & Ends Omar Guerrero RodrÃguez Paul Schoff Port of New South Wales: Protecting Monopoly Profits as a Legitimate Commercial Purpose Rachel White Report from Africa Report from Latin America Rosannah Healy William McKelvie Within ARM’s Reach: A New Frontier for Adverse Publicity Orders? Yorke v Lucas
Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 31 Pt 2
By journalalerts on June 28, 2023
Posted In: Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL) Tagged: “Pay-for-delay” Arrangements in the Pharmaceutical Industry: How Will They Be Treated under Australian Competition Law? A Tougher Merger Law for Australia Andrew Christopher Case Note Christopher Hodgekiss SC Christopher Pleatsikas Deniz Kayis Diana Biscoe Editorial European Union Commission Adopts Final Subsidies Regulation – A Brief Overview Fuel for Thought Lisa Navarro Lisa Stockley Lucy Cameron Melissa Camp Putting the Environment at the Heart of Competition Policy Reflections Regulation of Self-regulation: Legal Consequences for Non-compliance with Nonprescribed Industry Codes of Conduct Report from Britain Report from Europe Report from North America Rosie Finlayson Russell Miller AM Skimmers and Readers: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Google LLC (No 2) Skippers The Australian Competition Tribunal in 2022 and 2023 The Market that Never Was: The Contested Acquisition of a Single Grain Elevator in Canada Tom Pick Tribunal Tableaux Unconscionable Conduct and Codes of Conduct
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