Section A: Effectiveness- Question 4
Planning time 2-3 minutes on day
-Structure of essay, time spent etc.
Legislation in regards to consumer law
Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act 2001 (Cth)
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Spam Act 2003 (Cth) Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer
Law) Act 2009 (Cth) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001
(NSW) Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) Credit Act 1984 (NSW) Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) Minors (Property & Contracts) Act 1970 (NSW) Motor Dealers Act 1974 (NSW) Motor Vehicle Repairs Act 1980 (NSW)
Sale of Goods Act 1923 (NSW) Travel Agents Act 1986 (NSW)
Cases that are significant to consumers
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (1893) 1QB 256 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151
CLR 447 Handley v Snoid (1981) 4 TPR 361 Johnson v Buttress (1936) 56 CLR 113 Astley v Austrust (1999) 161 ALR 155 G. H. Myers v Brent Cross Service Co. (1934) 1 KB 46 Australian Knitting Mills Ltd v Grant (1936) 50 CLR 387 Beale v Taylor (1967) 1 WLR 1193 Qanstruct Pty Ltd v Bongiorno Ltd (1993) 113 ALR 667 Director of Consumer Affairs of Victoria v AAPT Ltd
(Civil Claims) [2006] VCAT 1493 Reardon v Morley Ford Pty Ltd (1980) 49 FLR 401
Introduction – 5 minutes
-State position in relation the question (thesis)
-Introducing reader to the general topic – Consumer law,
-Have small definitions of consumer, interwoven in introduction
-How role do legal institutions have when it comes to protecting consumers. Do they provide a good service and are they achieving that they’re supposed to?
-How actively is legislation in place protecting consumers being evaluated and are the current statistics and complaints about issues decreasing, increasing or staying stable.
-Utilising statistics such as the ABU can do this, as well as key