The judge overseeing a multibillion dollar consumer protection suit by the receiver of defunct toll road company BrisConnections against global engineering firm Arup has signed off on Brisconnections’ key expert report over the objections of Arup.
Lawyers are advising large companies to look hard at their business plans to keep on the good side of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission now that the enforcer has a new arsenal to deploy.
The competition watchdog has released anticipated guidelines on the new reforms to competition law passed last week, with businesses now on notice that non compliance is not an option.
Domestic roaming is not the answer to sub-par mobile phone coverage in regional Australia, the competition watchdog has said in a big win for Telstra.