Consumer Law I

Date: 2024

ISBN: 978-0-9953746-8-3

Format: A4, 2-page, Laminated Card

Description

The aim of this Student Guide Card is to provide students with an outline of the basic concepts and principles of Australian Consumer Law I. In particular, the topics discussed in this title include: (i) background to the Australian Consumer Law; (ii) misleading or deceptive conduct under s 18 of the Australian Consumer Law; (iii) who is a ‘person’?; (iv) what is ‘in trade or commerce’?; (v) What is ‘engaging in trade or commerce’?; (vi) What is ‘misleading or deceptive conduct’?; (vii) what is ‘likely to misled or deceive’?; (viii) who must be ‘misled’?; and (ix) general principles of misleading or deceptive conduct (including conduct to be viewed as a whole, multiple meanings, intention (honesty), literal truths, half-truths, spoken words, silence, future conduct, failure to make proper inquiries, the transitory effect, exclusion clauses and disclaimers, small print and asterisk, and puffery).