UCT



Unfair Contract Terms – What’s the problem?

26 Nov 2018
Unfair Contract Terms – What’s the problem?

Grant Holley

Co-Founder & Consultant

  You want to download an app on your phone, sign up for a service of some kind or rent a car. Someone comes to the door or telephones you…...

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Essential things you should know about contracts

03 Sep 2019
Essential things you should know about contracts

Samantha Hills

Partner

Even if you engage lawyers to draft or review your contracts, there are some essential things you should know. 1. The contract document does not necessarily reflect the whole agreement…...

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How Legal are your Corporate Authorised Representative / Authorised Representative Agreements? Take the Quiz

03 Sep 2020
How Legal are your Corporate Authorised Representative / Authorised Representative Agreements?  Take the Quiz

Tim Dixon

Special Counsel

In October 2016, we published a brief article entitled “Is your Standard Form Contract bullet proof?”.  That article was prepared immediately prior to the changes to the Unfair Contracts regime…...

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New penalties for Unfair Contract Terms call for an immediate review of your Standard Form Contracts

09 Aug 2023
New penalties for Unfair Contract Terms call for an immediate review of your Standard Form Contracts

Alison Rees

Senior Associate

  On 9 November 2023, a substantial expansion of the unfair contract terms laws (the UCT laws) in the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission…...

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Unfair Contract Terms – Is there a new problem?

28 Feb 2024
Unfair Contract Terms – Is there a new problem?

Tim Dixon

Special Counsel

Since our article in November 2018, the Unfair Contracts Terms (“UCT”) regime[1] has been strengthened to apply to a much greater pool of contracts, and so some businesses which previously…...

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