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In Issue 4 we reported that the ACCC was prosecuting Netti Atom for inducing retailers not to advertise Netti Atom bicycles on the internet at less than RRP.

On 6 December, Justice Gordon held that Telstra had breached the Trade Practices Act as a result of advertisements published by its dealers.

On 10 December, the Perth Federal Magistrates Court found that Etchguard had misled a franchisee with promises of a substantial turnover.

On 21 February, the Federal Court accepted consent orders from Wesfarmers Kleenheat Gas concerning price increases.

On 11 December, the Full Court in South Australia accepted that statements made by Specialty Equipment Company in various brochures such as "will out clean any comparative unit" and "does an unbelievable job of cleaning" were puffery and therefore not actionable.

On 17 January, the ACCC released an information sheet on environmental claims in its "Your consumer rights" series.

Martin Algie wrote an Opinion piece for The Australian Financial Review, discussing the difficulties for local distributors, particularly those who have a limited knowledge of the technicalities of the product they are importing.

Platinum Menswear avoided an ACCC rosecution by co-operating fully during the Commission's investigations and ensuring that false country of origin advertising will not be used in future.

The ACCC has issued proceedings against Ray's Outdoors for claims made to promote the opening of its Elizabeth Street store in Adelaide.

This follows a trend started earlier this year in the Jurlique case in which fines of $3.4 million were imposed.

On 1 April, Go Natural provided undertakings to the ACCC to rename its yoghurt coated products, despite having sold them in the same manner since 1997.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Mobileworld Operating Pty Ltd (trading as Crazy John's) for alleged contraventions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 in relation to the promotion of certain of its mobile phone plans

A person does not have a caveatable interest unless he or she holds an instrument that may lead to an entry as registered proprietor of the property on the Register of Titles or unless he or she is claiming under a transaction that entitles him or her in the course of time to such an instrument.

A plaintiff who was between contracts with Victoria University was held to be an "employee" allowing him to claim statutory benefits for a heart condition.

On 12 November, the Australian Parliament passed the Trade Practices Amendment (Clarity in Pricing) Bill 2008.

Do you know everything you should know about puffery when it comes to writing ad copy? Even if you think you do, its probably worth pondering on the following.

Australian manufacturer Tasman Sheepskin Tannery has given a court-enforceable undertaking that it will cease claiming its medical sheepskins meet a voluntary standard for these products where they fail to comply with the requirements of the standard.