This newsletter includes links to recent media releases, in practice & regulation and recent cases relating to C&C law.

If you're part of the supply chain, you'd be used to the current way of handling product safety incidents which is mostly left in the hands of suppliers to manage and investigate.

[radio interview] The ACCC claimed that Hewlett Packard was misleading or deceiving consumers in breach of the ACL.

Greg Williams sets out the main product liability issues with driverless cars, and how our laws will respond.

Warranties are a pretty standard part of buying and selling in this country, and the new Australian Consumer Law is going to make some important changes to the way that warranties operate.

In Issue 6 we reported two cases where local distributors were held liable for information provided by suppliers (see the Designer Direct and Emerald Ocean Distributors cases).

Schools and their teachers are required to exercise their duty of care responsibilities away from the school grounds.

Link to article outlining requirements for best practice processes when religious institutions conduct investigations.

A Boardroom Radio discussion of the High Court's Google decision.

Products are a focus of the new Australian Consumer Law so it's not surprising that it attempts to set out some rules for product quality, types of defects and what sorts or remedies consumers have. Jocelyn Kellam talks about your responsibilities for defective goods under the Australian Consumer Law.

Several options for universities to secure a more certain financial future.

Dealing with Product Liability Down Under

In this podcast series, Australian partners Rebekah Gay and Emma Iles explore a variety of topics, issues and areas of intellectual property law.

ESG in retail is important because consumers are increasingly interested in the impact of the goods that they're buying. They want to spend their money on products that are sustainable and have less impact on the environment.

The Franchise Council of Australia moved swiftly to ensure the Federal Government was aware of the industry position in relation to possible unintended consequences of the Federal Government's consultation paper 'An Australian Consumer Law: Fair markets - Confident consumers' consultation paper.

In our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market...

In our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market.

Several considerations are raised by the easing of restrictions in Sydney and Melbourne. Link to full article here.

In his Student Discipline Paper presented recently, David Ford considers need for school rules and discipline policies.

The Government's response to this report into the ACL may have wide ranging implications in the communications sector.