The decision in Kvist and others v GippsAero Pty Ltd and GA8 Airvan Pty Ltd [2023] VSC 275 was handed down on 30 May 2023.
It has been over 6 years since the unfair contract terms protections in the Australian Consumer Law and Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 were first extended to small businesses.
On 6 June 2023, through the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 (SJBP), the Federal Government announced further amendments to workplace laws.
The recent case of Verde Terra Pty Ltd & Ors v Central Coast Council & Anor [2023] NSWCA 121 arose in the context of a dispute about how one measures the environmental impacts of total development against the development "approved".