BTC1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: False Statement, Rabih Alameddine, Harvey Norman

• School: Monash University
• Department: Business - BTC
• Course: BTC1110
• Professor: Mr Roger Gamble

Document Summary

Prohibition of misleading and deceptive conduct (follow figure 13. 2 pg270 for step-by-step) (cid:858)a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) shall (cid:374)ot i(cid:374) t(cid:396)ade o(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:396)(cid:272)e e(cid:374)gage i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t that is (cid:373)isleadi(cid:374)g o(cid:396) de(cid:272)epti(cid:448)e o(cid:396) likel(cid:455) to (cid:271)e (cid:373)isleadi(cid:374)g o(cid:396) de(cid:272)epti(cid:448)e. (cid:859) (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:895) Misleading conduct provision did not apply to a misleading internal communication between a foreman and a worker about the safety latch on a manhole because it was not made in trade or commerce. A private one-off transaction such as the sale of a private residence will not be caught (cid:271)(cid:455) s(cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:895) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause su(cid:272)h a sale is (cid:374)ot (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:863) t(cid:396)ade o(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:396)(cid:272)e: engage. S4(1): where a person makes a representation on a future matter without reasonable grounds for making it, it is taken to be misleading. The vendor, in remaining silent as to the true position with respect to seating, had engages in misleading conduct.