By Naomi Stephens (Paralegal) and Amelia Edwards (Lawyer) Weight loss giant Jenny Craig has paid penalties totalling $37,800 following an investigation by the ACCC into multiple misleading representations made in its lose “10kg for $10” campaign. What happened? Wrongly trimming the informational fat: The campaign ran from December 2017 to February 2018, with advertising stating … Read more
By Clea Cole (Lawyer) and Venn King (Special Counsel) Ongoing investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”) into Dover Financial Advisers Pty Ltd (“Dover Financial”, one of Australia’s largest financial planning businesses) has highlighted the risks associated with financial planners becoming authorised representatives under another party’s Australian financial services licence (“AFSL”). An “authorised … Read more
Same-sex marriage is now legal in Australia. While the LGBTI community has embraced this change, the fight for LGBTI equality is not over – further changes to certain Australian state and territory laws are necessary to ensure that trans and gender-diverse people are not discriminated against. Forced divorce As we know, prior to the recent … Read more
As your mum used to say, ‘sticks and stones may break your bones, but negative customer reviews might break your business’ (or something along those lines, anyway). The ACCC recently announced that Wisdom Properties Group Pty Ltd received a firm slap on the wrist – and a court-enforceable undertaking – requiring it to remove certain … Read more
By Clea Cole (Lawyer) and Darren Sommers (Principal Solicitor) On 25 May 2018, changes to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) came into effect requiring organisations all over the world (including businesses in Australia) to provide a high level of protection to the personal data of individuals in the EU, and allow those … Read more
Today we have seen splashed across all news media outlets the announcement of an “overhaul” of the family court system to deal with the substantial delays of having matters finally determined in our court system. Background Since 2000 we have had two separate courts, with two separate sets of rules, forms and court procedures to … Read more
My earlier post concerning the Federal Court decision in Rowntree v FCT highlighted the vital evidence required to prove monies transferred from a private company group to its controlling director and shareholder was in fact a non-taxable loan advance. In the recent Full Federal Court decision in Hart v FCT [2018] FCAFC 61 (reported at … Read more
By Naomi Stephens (Paralegal) and Amelia Edwards (Lawyer) The headlines are screaming, the politicians are pontificating: the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal has turned the spotlight on Big Bad Data, and through all the huffing and puffing that has followed the unshaken public consensus seems to be that Facebook has, by negligence or design, thrown … Read more
Recent court decisions regarding serious safety incidents involving companies in the food industry are an important reminder of the safety risks and serious injuries that can result from unguarded food machinery and equipment during use, cleaning and maintenance. In these cases, the companies involved were found to be in breach of their duties under the Occupational … Read more
