Miller's Austrian Competition and Consumer Law Annotated 47th ed

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Miller's Australian Competition and Consumer Law Annotated has established itself as the essential resource on the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, described by former ACCC Chair, Rod Sims AO, as the indispensable guide to competition and consumer law.

The 47th edition contains over 285 updates to annotations including 65 new annotations and 50 Federal Court and State Court of Appeal decisions.

This edition includes a synopsis of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Act 2024 with its significant changes to the merger laws that come into effect on 1 January 2026. [1]

Other Highlights

• Accessorial liability – different views in Care A2 (NSWCA) and Productivity Partners (FCAFC).
• Authorisations – over 40 new ACCC authorisation decisions.
• Contracts arrangements and understandings – updated annotations after J Hutchinson and Bluescope.
• Criminal cartels – outcomes in Aussie Skips and Bingo Industries.
• Electricity – decisions on bidding practices in Pelican Point and Loy Yang and Santos on non-compliance with Rules and EnergyAustralia on non-compliance with the mandatory code.
• Franchising - Independent Review of the Franchising Code of Conduct (Schaper Review) and Ultra Tune on contempt proceedings for failure to comply with orders
• Future matters – latest cases Husseini (FCAFC) and Kytec (VSCA).
• High Court decisions - Mitsubishi on vehicle fuel consumption claims, Toyota and Ford on loss and damage claims for defective goods, and Productivity Partners clarifying approach to unconscionable conduct and requirements for accessorial liability.
• Informers – Master Wealth latest decision on identity disclosure, required level of cooperation and updated annotations on production of ‘protected cartel information’.
• Legislation – new Part XIE framework for designated consumers and small-business advocates to require the ACCC to investigate significant or systemic market issues.
• Misuse of market power – Stillwater, on market power of State power generators.
• Misleading and deceptive conduct – representations made in the course of arbitrations.
• Penalties – Mazda on limits to mitigation for cooperation, and new annotation on relevant principles taking account of Delta and Bluescope.
• Recalls – updated annotations on ACL s 122.
• Unconscionable conduct – latest NSW Court of Appeal decisions, Schrader, McMillan and Dalton.