Servcorp cops a serve for unfair contract terms

Servcorp has consented to orders declaring a number of its contractual terms as unfair.  I always like going back and having a looking at the comments the company made when it got sued by the ACCC. Here is what Servcorp said in September 2017: "SRV is disappointed that the ACCC has decided to commence legal proceedings against it,"he (Pearce) said. "SRV maintains that its serviced office agreements are negotiable contracts and do not constitute standard-form contracts regulated by the unfair contract terms regime under the Australian Consumer Law." "In its 39 years of existence, Servcorp's agreements with its clients have never been challenged by any government authority as to their fairness or legitimacy, SRV currently operates in over 60 jurisdictions globally," he said. Servcorp executive director Taine Moufarrige told Fairfax Media that Servcorp has instructed its lawyers, PWC, to defend the proceedings. I really thought (particularly after reading the above fightin' words!) that this case may go the distance, all the way to a judgment. I guess we will have to wait a little bit longer for some meaningful case law in relation to the now not so new UCT laws.

https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/servcorp%E2%80%99s-business-contract-terms-declared-unfair