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View AllDoyle's guide to Leading Competition Law Australia 2024
Michael Hodge KC — Competition & Consumer
Michael Hodge KC has been recognised in the 2024 Edition of the Doyle's Guide to Leading Competition Law Barristers in Australia. This ranking highlights the Senior and Kings Counsel who are identified by clients and peers as experts in the areas of competition, consumer protection and antitrust matters across all…
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Latest Publications
View AllWhat's my loss? “True value” under the Australian Consumer Law
20-2-24 / Roger Traves KC — Competition & Consumer
The assessment of damages under the Australian Consumer Law for misleading or deceptive conduct or breach of consumer guarantees often involves comparing the price paid for an asset or good and the value of the thing purchased. The purchase of a business by reason of misleading conduct as to its…
Declaratory Relief Concerning Misuse of Market Power Confirmed as Appropriate in Interest of Justice
3-6-21 / Michael Hodge KC — Competition & Consumer
Section 46(1) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) has recently been significantly overhauled. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tasmanian Ports Corporation Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 482 was the first case applying the new version of the section. The new section prohibits a corporation from engaging in conduct…
Moral obloquy or commercial autonomy? Debating statutory unconscionability
21-5-20 / Rachel De Luchi, Mei Barnes, Salwa Marsh — Competition & Consumer
In a presentation hosted by Level Twenty Seven Chambers the speakers address the issues in ASIC v Kobelt in the form of a court submission. They provided the context of the case and identified issues that are open to future litigation. Some topics addressed included: The High Court’s characterisation…
Recent Cases
View AllSportec Pty Ltd v Leatherman Tool Group Inc [2024] QDC 188
1-11-24 / Jason Mitchenson — Competition & Consumer
Jason Mitchenson represented the defendant, instructed by Cooper Mills Lawyers.
Price v Friebe & Ors [2024] QSC 157
26-7-24 / Matthew Jones KC — Competition & Consumer
A doctor alleged that his non-inclusion on a reciprocal weekend roster was cartel conduct in breach of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 or unconscionable in contravention of section 21 of the Australian Consumer Law. Matthew Jones, in his last trial as a junior, successfully appeared for the Defendants, instructed…
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v NGS Crypto Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] FCA 521
30-4-24 / Sean Russell — Corporations, Competition & Consumer
Sean Russell appeared for the Sixth Defendant, instructed by Gadens.
