Course Summary
Competition and consumer law has widespread application to economic transactions and disputes and must be considered by businesses in the course of planning and implementing commercial transactions.
This course introduces the Competition and Consumer Law Act 2010 (C'th) (the CCA) and application laws of the States and Territories. The CCA represents the adoption of a national scheme for the regulation of restrictive trade practices and consumer law. The national scheme effectively commenced in January 2011.
It covers various topics related to fair trading and competition, including exclusive contracts, cartels, misuse of market power, exclusive dealings, resale price maintenance and mergers. It also deals with mergers and acquisitions.