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Standard form contracts - on your terms business business agreements business law business lawyer startup business unfair contracts Sep 07, 2022

Business to business contracts are often "standard form contracts", meaning that one party will have a pre-drafted the contract to make it easier and simpler (and often quicker) to provide the contract to the other party, such as contracts between a supplier and its customers. ...

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Have you lay-byed a Christmas Hamper from Chrisco? australian consumer law business false or misleading representations misleading and deceptive conduct unfair contracts Dec 17, 2015

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) commenced proceedings against Chrisco Hampers Australia Ltd (Chrisco) in the Federal Court almost 12 months ago, alleging that the lay-by agreement for its Christmas hampers was unfair.

The Federal Court has just handed down...

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Have you entered into an unfair contract? business competition and consumer act contract law unfair contracts Nov 25, 2015

Have you ever entered into a business contract which you think is unfair? Was it a standard form contract which offered plenty of protection for one party but not the other? Smaller businesses now have protection from unfair contracts under laws which were introduced on 12 November 2015.

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