Feeble Fine for Fossil Fuel Fail

Check out my recent video entitled "Feeble Fine for Fossil Fuel Fail" in which I discuss the Federal Court case decision of Australian Energy Regulator v Callide Power Trading Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 32 including the background to the case and whether the penalty imposed was likely to achieve specific and general deterrence.

 Run time 20 mins

ACCC Cheat Sheet - April 2025

Check out my ACCC Cheat Sheet for April 2025 which includes a discussion of the High Court decision in Hutchinson, the Clorex Glad Bags Ocean Plastics case and the Qteq attempted cartel case, new actions against City Beach and LDV, the Qube - Mirrat undertaking and the departure of Enforcement Commissioner Liza Carver.

Run time 30 mins

Terceiro Legal Consulting 17th Anniversary

This day on 20 May 2008, 17 years ago, I set up Terceiro Legal Consulting.

Since then I have had 1096 clients or about 65 clients a year, with a few false starts. Some people just don’t like being told they are going to lose and should give up!

Best ever referral – a client went to see a fortune teller who described the type of lawyer he needed and based on the parameters given by the fortune teller he ended up with me!

Most fun – working with Nick Xenophon on giving the ACCC a hard time in Senate Estimates on their ugg boot investigation – see video below.

Closest call – was asked by Booktopia to provide a quote for an independent review and was pretty disappointed when I missed out on the gig…until the company went into voluntary administration a few months later.

Craziest call - agreeing to run a probono case in the NSW Supreme Court Equity Division without a barrister on behalf of 13 defendants most of whom did not speak English. Fortunately it settled!

Most offensive request – the client who wanted legal assistance in setting up a brothel comparison site – I passed on this work.

Other interesting metrics include:
·        Times appointed as an independent reviewer or auditor - 26
·        Independent review or audit reports completed - 80 plus
·        Australian Business Law Review editions published – 38
·        College of Law students assessed – 389
·        Blog posts published on my blog – 424
·        Views of the blog posts published on my blog – 62,519
·        Videos on my YouTube video channel – 99
·        Subscribers to my You Tube Channel - 79
·        Views of videos on my You Tube Channel - 8,058

17 years and still having fun!

Special Children's Christmas Party

Happy to be supporting the Special Children's Christmas Party for our fourteenth year.

Very worthwhile cause. It is always fantastic watching the videos of the kids having such a great time attending the Christmas Party!