COMPETITION AND consumer LAW
With strengths in: advising on and conducting litigation in relation to consumer and competition law issues.
Competition and consumer
law is relevant to every transaction
between business and consumers, and among businesses
in Australia. A number of government agencies, including
the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission,
rely on our national team of specialist competition
and consumer protection lawyers to assist them with legal
matters in these areas.
Our services include:
- advice on regulatory issues arising from competition legislation
- representation before the courts and tribunals
including the Australian Competition Tribunal
- advice on investigation and enforcement action arising from possible breaches of competition and consumer
legislation
- management of major competition law litigation
- advice in relation to business and consumer
activities, and on the application of competition and consumer
legislation
- risk management and development of trade practices
compliance plans.
See Case note on non-publication orders (first published in the Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law; Australian Consumer Law Factsheet;
Legal briefing No.
73 ‘Determining whether
government agencies are subject to the Trade Practices
Act’ 3 November 2004 and Commercial notes No.
14 ‘Cracking down on competitive practices
and cartels in procurement’ 24 February 2005.
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