Extending Unfair Contract Term Provisions for Standard Form Contracts to Small Businesses

Consumer Affairs Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), Treasury, Extending Unfair Contract Term Protections to Small Businesses (2014).

Brown Steven , Australian Consumer Law: Defects, Warranties and Unfair Contracts' (Paper presented at BASIL CLE Conference, Parramatta, 24 March 2012).

Australian Consumer Law (ACL') s 23(3)(a).

Ibid s 27.

Ibid s 24(1).

Ibid s 24(2).

Ibid s 26(1).

CAANZ, above n 1.

Liberal Party of Australia, Commonwealth, Real Solutions Small Business Policy (2014) <http://www.liberal.org.au/our-plan/small-business>.

Consumer Affairs Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), Treasury, Implementation of the Australian Consumer Law, Report on Progress IV (2013–2014), December 2014.

Zumbo Frank , ‘Unfair Terms in Business to Business Contracts Involving Small Businesses: Exploring the case for reform’ (2008) Journal of the Australian Law Teachers Association 403–412; Christensen Sharon Duncan William , ‘Unfair Terms in Residential Land Contracts: Will the Australian consumer law improve a buyer's bargaining position?’ (2012) 20 Competition and Consumer Law Journal 56–83.

[1999] FCA 1728.

Gray Anthony , ‘Contractual Penalties in Australian Law after Andrews: An opportunity missed’ (2013) 18 Deakin Law Review 1–26.

[2004] FCA 926.

[1999] FCA 1728.

[2013] FCA 301.

CAANZ, above n 1.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Unfair Contract Terms, Industry Review Outcomes (2013).

Union European , Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (1993) <http://www.euconsumerlaw.org/directive3_en.pdf>; CAANZ, above n 1.

Gesetzbuches Bürgerliches [Civil Code] (Germany) Division 2, Book 2 (‘BGB’).

Burgerlijk Wetboek [Civil Code] (The Netherlands) Division 3, Title 5, Book 6 (‘BW’).

Unfair Contract Terms Act 1997 (UK); Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (UK).

The Law Commission and The Scottish Law Commission (UK), Unfair Terms in Contracts, Report on a reference under section 3(1)(e) of the Law Commissions Act 1965 (2005).

Bryme Jan Eskils Mats Odling Emil , 'Benchmarking of Existing National Legal ebusiness Practices: Country report – Sweden (Paper No DG ENTR/04/68, European Commission's Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, 2006),10.

CAANZ, above n 1.

Ibid.

Restatement (Second) of Contracts (1981).

Lexinter , Unconscionable Contract or Term, <http://lexinter.net/LOTWVers4/unconscionable_contract_or_term.htm>.

CAANZ, above n 1.

National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Act 2011 (Cth).

CAANZ, above n 1.

ACL s 24.

CAANZ, above n 1.