Miller's Aust Comp and Cons Law Annotated 43 edition 2021

by Russell Miller

The 43rd edition of Miller’s includes over 226 revised annotation paragraphs, 87 cases and 62 new annotation paragraphs Consumer rights – increased monetary threshold for the application of the Australian Consumer Law from $40,000 to $100,000 with effect from 1 July 2021. Consumer electricity industry – annotations of the new prohibited conduct regime which came into effect on 10 June 2020. Cartels – Country Care Group Pty Ltd v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2020] FCAFC 30 clarifying the law on aiding and abetting attempted cartel conduct. Mergers – ACCC v Pacific National Pty Ltd [2020] FCAFC 77, the latest Full Court decision on mergers. Consumer protection – ACCC v TPG Internet Pty Ltd [2020] FCAFC 130 in which a Full Court cast doubt on the "significant" or "substantial" proportion of persons requirement to establish whether the relevant class of the public is likely to be misled. Franchising Code – extended, with effect from 1 June 2020, to include provisions a specific to dealership agreements for new vehicles. Proposed Digital Media Code – the controversial proposal for a mandatory news media bargaining code. Access Regime – the latest Full Court decision, Glencore Coal Assets Australia Pty Ltd v Australian Competition Tribunal [2020] FCAFC 145, clarifying Part IIIA and the role of the ACCC. Penalties – ACCC v Geowash Pty Ltd (No 4) [2020] FCA 23 explaining the “same conduct” penalty rule when two penalty regimes are involved, and ACCC v Medibank Private Ltd [2020] FCA 1030 on the “course of conduct” principle and as a recent example of mitigating circumstances warranting a reduction in penalty. Compliance programs – a recent example from ACCC v HealthEngine Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1203. Food and Grocery Code – updated with effect from 3 October 2020, following the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct by Graeme Samuel AC. Damages – the latest High Court decision, Berry v CCL Secure Pty L

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Published January 1, 2021

About the author

Russell Miller (born c. 1938) is a British journalist and author of fifteen books, including biographies of Hugh Hefner, J. Paul Getty and L. Ron Hubbard. While under contract to The Sunday Times Magazine he won four press awards and was voted Writer of the Year by the Society of British Magazine Editors.