Liana Witt

Australia’s new merger reforms have commenced and mark the most significant overhaul of Australia’s merger control framework in decades.

Australia’s new merger regime came into effect on 1 January 2026, introducing a mandatory notification process with serious consequences for a breach. This article sets out key takeaways for private equity investors as you plan for deals un…

From 1 January 2026, Australia’s new mandatory merger notification regime took effect, representing the biggest change to merger regulation in decades. The reforms require parties to notify the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission…

Australia’s new merger regime came into effect from 1 January 2026 which introduces a mandatory and suspensory regime. The regime introduces special obligations applying to major supermarkets which are discussed in this article.

Australia’s exposure draft unfair trading laws propose a new prohibition, subscription rules and drip pricing reforms. Read more at Gilbert + Tobin.

The High Court clarifies ‘understanding’ under Australian competition law — confirming communication and commitment are essential to establish liability.

G+T’s take on the major trends and data from 2024 and outlook for 2025.

Treasury consults on ACL ban on unfair trading plus rules for subscriptions, drip pricing, dynamic pricing, forced accounts and customer-support barriers.

With announcements today and over the past week, the Australian Government has kicked off a raft of consumer and product safety law reform, putting unfair trading practices, dynamic pricing and artificial intelligence (AI) squarely on the a…

Welcome to another bumper edition of Shop Talk: Consumer Law Enforcement Wrap-Up. There has been no shortage of ACCC activity in the consumer law space since our last wrap-up earlier this year, with recent developments reflecting key pillar…

Welcome to the second edition of the Rap Sheet, our quarterly G+T update targeted at in-house legal and compliance teams covering ‘must know’ recent developments in competition litigation and enforcement.

The first full year of Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb’s leadership of the ACCC has seen a refinement in emphasis on legal issues and a renewed focus on competition and consumer issues that have previously been explored by the ACCC. The ACCC…

Since our last enforcement wrap-up, the ACCC has kept busy on the consumer law front, issuing infringement notices, accepting court enforceable undertakings and instituting proceedings for more serious conduct.  In this bumper edition,…

Welcome to our second edition of the Pulse - Gilbert + Tobin’s update covering the latest trends in healthcare and life sciences. Our leading Competition + Regulation team is delighted to bring you insights from across the healthcare …

It’s been one month since significant changes to the unfair contract terms (UCT) regime came into effect, which made UCTs illegal and subject to significant penalties and vastly expanded the types of small business contracts that are …

At common law, contracting parties generally have freedom to determine which country’s laws apply to a contract, as well as limiting the types of claims which may be brought and forums for disputes.

Welcome. This is the first of a new, quarterly update targeted at in-house legal and compliance teams and covering ‘must know’ recent developments in competition litigation and enforcement.

Gilbert + Tobin is excited to launch The Pulse - a new update covering the latest trends and developments in healthcare and life sciences. As Australia’s population ages, the delivery of healthcare will become increasingly important, …

We look at the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 in the Australian chapter of the ICLG.

On 31 August 2023, Treasury released its Consultation Regulation Impact Statement on proposed reforms to regulate unfair trading practices in Australia (Consultation).

On 28 July 2023, the Federal Court of Australia ordered record-breaking penalties totalling $438 million against Phoenix Institute of Australia Pty Ltd (Phoenix) and Community Training Initiatives Pty Ltd (CTI) (both subject to Deeds of Com…

Welcome to the very first edition of Shop Talk - a new quarterly wrap up of key legal developments in the Australian retail and consumer sector from Gilbert + Tobin’s market-leading Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team.…

It has been yet another busy first half of the year in the courts on the consumer law front in Australia. In this inaugural half year digest, we highlight some of the key cases that have been decided and new cases to keep on your radar. In …

Play it safe: Time to brush up on compliance as the ACCC releases 2023-24 product safety priorities

Maximum penalties for civil contraventions of the Competition and Consumer Act (2010) (CCA) are set to significantly increase in the coming weeks now that the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022 (the Bill) ha…