National Unfair Contract Terms Regime Update

National unfair contract terms (UCT) regime came into operation in 2010 which rendered void unfair terms in standard form consumer contracts. Further reforms were introduced in November 2023 which made such UCT’s void, but also illegal. The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and the ASIC Act 2001 contain significant penalties for using UCTs, with each [...]

2024-06-18T00:25:34+00:00June 18th, 2024|Contracts|Comments Off on National Unfair Contract Terms Regime Update

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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