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Federal court considers DePuy and VIOXX product liability class settlements

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 23 2013

A resurgence in product liability class actions has been predicted in Australia since May 2012

Food for thought

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 21 2013

The Australian Greens Leader, Christine Milne, has introduced the new Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Country of Origin Food

ACCC pursues misleading credence claims again

  • Hall & Wilcox
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 10 2013

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has again shown its commitment to one of its 2013 focus areas - misleading credence claims

Legal causation and the duty to warn

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Australia, Canada
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  • May 8 2013

Can a defendant be liable for failing to warn about a risk which does not materialize, where this leads the plaintiff to be injured by a second

Prosecution as a tool for compliance with food laws

  • Norman Waterhouse
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  • Australia
  • -
  • April 30 2013

This article provides an update on the recent high-profile finding of guilt against Woolworths (South Australia) Pty Ltd in a food prosecution

No liability found for injury where glass panel did not meet current Australian standards

  • Cooper Grace Ward
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  • Australia
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  • April 29 2013

The Queensland Court of Appeal has rejected a claim of negligence against a body corporate for injuries sustained by a woman who fell through glass in

A 'fat free' update on the new food standard

  • Norton Rose Australia
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • April 23 2013

Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) has introduced a new food standard, Standard 1.2.7 Representations about Food (Standard) to the

Product risk year in review 2012

  • Clayton Utz
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  • Australia
  • -
  • April 17 2013

The plaintiffs, the Fulchers, conducted a successful tomato growing and packing operation. On 9 February 2004, a fire broke out in a newly-purchased

Think before you jump this Easter

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • March 21 2013

Following a recent survey of over 650 people, conducted by Kidsafe Western Australia on behalf of the ACCC, the ACCC is warning parents and carers

Homeopathy plus! Not immune from the ACL

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
  • -
  • March 7 2013

On 21 February 2013, the ACCC instituted proceedings against Homeopathy Plus! Australia Pty Ltd ("Homeopathy Plus!") in the Federal Court of