Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Neighbourhood Energy Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 1357 Citation: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Neighbourhood Energy Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 1357
Parties: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION v NEIGHBOURHOOD ENERGY PTY LTD (ACN 109 118 578) and AUSTRALIAN GREEN CREDITS PTY LTD (ACN 139 641 679)
File number: VID 268 of 2012
Judge: MARSHALL J
Date of judgment: 30 November 2012
Catchwords: CONSUMER LAW – Penalty hearing – admitted contraventions – "unsolicited consumer agreement" provisions of the Australian Consumer Law – misleading and deceptive conduct – whether orders sought by consent within power and appropriate in the circumstances – pecuniary penalties – injunctions – compliance program – publication order – declaratory relief – ss 18, 71, 74, 75, 77, 224, 232, 246 of the Australian Consumer Law, Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Competition and Consumer Regulations 2010, reg 82 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 21, 43 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52, 76 Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 17 March 2010, 2721-2
Cases cited: ACCC v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2007] ATPR 42-140 ACCC v Dataline.Net.Au Pty Ltd (in liq) (2007) 161 FCR 513 ACCC v Dukemaster Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 682 ACCC v Eternal Beauty Products Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 1124 ACCC v Global One Mobile Entertainment Limited [2011] FCA 393 ACCC v REIWA Inc (1999) 161 ALR 79 ACCC v Target Australia Pty Ltd (2001) ATPR 41-840 Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Concrete Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd v Nelson (1990) 169 CLR 594 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Cahill (2010) 194 IR 461 Equity Access Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1989) 16 IPR 431 Forster v Jododex Australia Pty Limited (1972) 127 CLR 421 NW Frozen Foods Pty Ltd v ACCC (1996) 71 FCR 285 Singtel Optus Pty Ltd v ACCC (2012) 287 ALR 249 Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty Ltd v ACCC (2003) 127 FCR 170 Thomson Australian Holdings Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1981) 148 CLR 150 Trade Practices Commission v CSR Ltd (1991) ATPR 41-076 Trade Practices Commission v TNT Australia Pty Ltd (1995) ATPR 41-375
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