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Case Study Of Australian Competition And Consumer Commission V. Hewlett-Packard Pty Ltd

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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Hewlett-Packard Pty Ltd

The Australian Competition Commission (ACCC) enforces rights and legislation which are in place to protect consumers against unfair trading practices; such as, say, false product marketing and vending faulty merchandise. Hewlett-Packard Australia, a well-known computer technologies company was found in breach of the Australian Consumer Law, set out in schedule 2 of the recently renamed Competition and Consumer Act 2013. The company was found guilty of false and misleading representations of computer products as well as retailing products that were not of merchantable quality. Given this, HP was ordered to pay a $3 million penalty as well as provide an avenue for consumer redress.

Hewlett-Packard was duly taken to court by …show more content…

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Varying by case, money crimes may be considered criminal or civil offences. Murphy admitted to being guilty of 495 counts of criminal money embezzlement. She presented documents to be looked over before changing the details and thus, stealing money from the company. Since she had a pre despised, routine-like method of appropriating this money, it is clear that the defendant had criminal intent. The case was heard in the Adelaide Magistrates Court, a local court, which hears lesser, summary offences, as well as committal hearings for serious

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