A judge has given the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission a chance to amend its case against Apple alleging iPhone and iPad users were misled about their rights to have faulty devices repaired free of charge.
Medibank CEO Craig Drummond said Monday the private health insurer was “disappointed” that the ACCC was appealing its loss in a consumer case accusing the insurer of unconscionable conduct in advising members about coverage limits.
It warned offenders, and then it won its first case. Now with the one-year anniversary of laws protecting small businesses from unfair contracts ticking over, expect the consumer regulator to take no prisoners, lawyers say.
The Australian consumer regulator has secured its first penalty in a case brought under the new Franchising Code of Conduct, with a court ordering Pastacup franchisor Morild to pay $100,000 for breaching the code.
Members of a class action against Slater and Gordon have until Tuesday to make their case against the $36.5 million settlement hammered out by Maurice Blackburn’s lawyers.
Competition for access to the National Broadband Network is ramping up, the ACCC said, and providers are buying more capacity to deliver on promised internet service speeds.
Telstra will offer refunds to some 42,000 customers after promising National Broadband Network speeds that couldn’t be delivered.
Norton Rose has admitted claims by ex-partner Thomas Patrick Martin that a lawyer for the firm retroactively signed and backdated a sealed court document, but says the court told the lawyer to do it.
AirAsia has agreed to refund thousands of passengers with children who were wrongly charged an extra $60 fee on flights from Darwin to Bali for seven years.
The ACCC has launched a public inquiry into the much maligned national broadband network, saying it will enforce new service standard rules if necessary.