Civil Procedure Amendment Bill 2012: proposed reforms to expert witness and litigation costs *

Australia - June 27 2012
In May 2008, the Victorian Law Reform Commission released the Civil Justice Review Report (Report), which contained a large number of recommendations aimed at making civil litigation in Victoria a cheaper, simpler and fairer process.

Co-authors: Alexander (Alex) Wolff, Mini vandePol, Peter Lucarelli.

New price signalling prohibitions commence on 6 June 2012 *

Australia - June 8 2012
The new prohibitions on price signalling in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) came into force on 6 June 2012.

Co-authors: Georgina Foster.