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False and misleading representations – sections 29(1)(a)-(n) ACL
Where a business strays beyond mere “sales puffery” in promoting its goods or services and “crosses the line” in to the realm of deception, depending on the nature of the statements sections 29(1)(a)-(n) of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (ACL) may be able to be used as a sword to…
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Biologi’s Bf & Bk serums contain no Vitamin C – Court Orders prove it!
The recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia Native Extracts Pty Ltd v Plant Extracts Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1265 where final declarations and orders were made against Mr Ross Macdougald (Macdougald), Plant Extracts Pty Ltd ACN 613 551 349 (Plant Extracts) and skincare brand Biologi Pty Ltd ACN 618 697 297 (Biologi) sheds…
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Plant Extracts Pty Ltd & Ross Macdougald admit misleading conduct – ordered to publish corrective notices
On 23 October 2023, in the matter of Native Extracts Pty Ltd v Plant Extracts Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1265 Justice Downes issued an initial judgement and made orders for declaratory relief and the publication of eight (8) corrective notices by Plant Extracts Pty Ltd ACN 613 551 349 (Plant Extracts) and skincare brand Biologi…
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Skincare brand Biologi breached the ACL – ordered to publish 5 corrective notices
In a recent decision of the Federal Court in Native Extracts Pty Ltd v Plant Extracts Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1265 Downes J issued an initial judgement and made orders for declaratory relief and the publication of eight (8) corrective notices by Plant Extracts Pty Ltd ACN 613 551 349 (Plant Extracts) and skincare brand…
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