Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Boost Tel Pty Limited [2010] FCA 701 Citation: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Boost Tel Pty Limited [2010] FCA 701
Parties: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION v BOOST TEL PTY LIMITED (ACN 092 384 417) and PREPAID SERVICES PTY LIMITED (ACN 094 689 219)
File number: WAD 125 of 2009
Judge: SIOPIS J
Date of judgment: 5 July 2010
Catchwords: TRADE PRACTICES – whether representations made in advertisements for international phone cards were false and misleading or deceptive – small print and asterisks – whether disclaimer was sufficient to qualify content of primary statement – what was the composition of the class of consumers likely to be affected by the impugned conduct – whether orders for corrective advertising should be made.
Legislation: Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52, 53(aa), 53(c), 53(e)
Cases cited: Parkdale Custom Built Furniture Proprietary Limited v Puxu Proprietary Limited (1982) 149 CLR 191 Darwin Bakery Pty Ltd v Sully (1981) 36 ALR 371 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Tel.Pacific Limited [2009] FCA 279 Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd v Cassidy (2003) 135 FCR 1
Date of hearing: 10 December 2009
Date of last submissions: 23 December 2009
Date of Publication of Orders: 12 July 2010
Place: Perth
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