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[Webinar] The New Unfair Contracts Terms: What it means for your business

Onerous and punishing – the new unfair contract terms regime will affect thousands of businesses standard form of contracts.

Is your business prepared for the changes?

Join us at 12pm on Wednesday, May 24th as we hear Anna Taylor – Principal at Results Legal and Jeff George – Head of Risk and Group Services of NCI discuss the upcoming changes to the unfair contract terms regime which come into force on 9 November 2023.

About the Webinar

The changes to the unfair contract terms regime bring about significant changes which will likely affect all businesses – specifically contracts which are either entered into or varied with consumers and small business from 9 November 2023.

The presentation will cover:

Results Legal’s view of the relevant changes and the impact of the Treasury Law Amendments (More competition, Better Prices) Act 2022 (Cth) on businesses.
Potential areas of risk for your business and the penalties and consequences which may follow if your business does not comply with the relevant changes.
Practical strategies and tools to be utilised in your business to ensure compliance come 9 November 2023 from a contractual and a commercial day to day perspective.
Discussion of key learnings from real life case studies, case law and other legislation relevant to unfair contract terms.

The Speakers

Anna Taylor | Principal, Results Legal

Anna Taylor | Principal, Results Legal

Client-focused and commercial, Anna was the first female Principal at Results Legal and leads the Trade Credit and Debt Recovery team.

A strong advocate for the progression of women, Anna is heavily involved in the Australian Institute of Credit Management (AICM) and the Women in Credit (WINC) initiative run in conjunction with the AICM. Anna is also the chairperson of the legislative committee for the Australian Credit Forum.

Jeff George | Head of Risk & Group Services, NCI

Jeff George oversees The Hub service divisions – Claims, Limits, Credit Services and Collections – and Risk and Compliance throughout NCI.

With such knowledge and experience, Jeff is very much the “go-to” person for clients and throughout NCI for technical matters.

Contact us – We are here to help

If you need legal advice or representation of specialist commercial lawyers concerning a case involving your business, please contact our team at Results Legal on 1300 757 534 or use our contact form to send us a message.

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