A Headache for Nurofen?
December 15, 2015
The Federal Court in Australia has found that Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) breached Australian consumer law by marketing Nurofen Specific Pain products as formulated to treat a specific type of pain, when the products were identical in terms of their active ingredient. The products in question were: Nurofen Back Pain, Nurofen Period Pain, Nurofen Migraine Pain …
Crowdfunding and the Consumer
November 17, 2015
Crowdfunding is the practice of obtaining investment for a project from a wide variety of individuals. Rather than going to institutional investors, and obtaining funding through traditional debt or equity, those who seek crowd funding appeal directly to the public, and ask for funding, often in small amounts. Whilst crowdfunding can be used to finance …
Enhanced Consumer Protection?
October 1, 2015
The much-trumpeted Consumer Rights Act 2015 comes into force today (1st October). The Act involves a major shake-up of consumer law. It brings together areas of law previously dealt with by different statutes (in particular the Sale of Goods Act, the Supply of Goods and Services Act and the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations) …
