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Federal Court bans Coles from advertising its bread as "fresh" accc australian consumer law business false or misleading representations misleading and deceptive conduct Sep 29, 2014

The Federal Court earlier today handed down its ruling in the proceedings commenced by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commissionagainst Coles supermarkets, ordering that:

  • Coles be banned for 3 years from advertising its bread as “fresh” and “baked daily” when that wasn’t the case
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Default judgment entered against you? But you have no idea what it's about? business debt recovery default judgement litigation Aug 06, 2014

Every so often, a default judgment will be entered against an apparent debtor, but the debtor has no idea about the court proceedings having been commenced against it, or indeed about the debt itself.

The first time they know about it is when the sheriff comes knocking on their door, or when they a...

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I was defamed! business defamation supreme court Aug 05, 2014

If you hear that someone has said something about your character or some other personal trait, often a knee-jerk reaction is to think “they’ve defamed me and they can’t do that.”  However this is not always the case.  You first need to understand the legalities of defamation, and how this may apply ...

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Things to know when selling your business business business purchase business sale franchises Mar 01, 2014

When you are selling a business, you are transferring ownership of a bundle of rights, responsibilities and assets that are used together to create profit for their owner. These rights, responsibilities and assets need to be clearly identified so they can be effectively transferred from seller to bu...

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