ACCC Case Note - Slating Small Business

Check out my latest weekly video - ACCC Case Note - Slating Small Business which discusses the impact on small business of the current and proposed levels of pecuniary penalties under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. I use the recent case of Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v First Class Slate Roofing Pty Limited [2022] FCA 1093 to demonstrate the problems which exist under both the current and proposed penalty regimes and outline a fairer and more rational alternative approach which should be explored further by government.

(Slating definition-  to thrash or pummel severely)