Consumer Protection Law

Consumer Protection Law has a practical orientation, designed to empower you as a consumer, advisor and graduate working in business or a profession. By becoming become familiar with the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), you will learn how to protect your interests and pursue the remedies open to you should your rights as a consumer be infringed. This familiarity will also enable you to assist others experiencing consumer related problems. It will well position you to advise suppliers and manufacturers regarding their obligations, thereby helping them to avoid the bad publicity, damages and penalties and other adverse consequences that can result from non-compliance with the law. When studying Consumer Protection Law, you can expect to consider and learn to apply the law relating to such topics as misleading or false representation, unconscionable conduct and coercion, unfair contract terms, unfair practices and scams, rights and remedies arising from the supply and manufacturer of unsatisfactory goods or services, liability for dangerous goods and residential tenancy. Indicative list of principal topics: