Unfair Contract Terms: Australia’s UCT Framework Updated

Australia’s unfair contract terms (UCT) framework came into existence in 2010, when protections against unfair trading terms embedded within the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No.1) 2010 became part of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). This change had the effect, in practice, of rendering unfair terms in standard form consumer contracts void. Further [...]

2026-02-24T03:25:28+00:00June 18th, 2024|Contracts|Comments Off on Unfair Contract Terms: Australia’s UCT Framework Updated
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Upcoming changes to unfair contract term legislation

Unfair contracts legislation came into effect around November 2016 targeting standard form contracts of large businesses that were unfair to and taking advantage of the consumer.  Since its introduction there have been a few amendments, the biggest being extending the definition of consumer to include small businesses. 2021 is bringing further amendments which are quite [...]

2021-11-03T23:59:18+00:00February 11th, 2021|Business Advice, Contracts, Corporate Advisory|Comments Off on Upcoming changes to unfair contract term legislation
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