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Contractual obligation to provide a guarantee from a parent company: Can these be enforced and against who?
When contracting parties agree that guarantees will also be provided, but the guarantor is not a party to the contract, is there an enforceable obligation to provide the guarantee? This article reports on the decision of the Supreme Court of Victoria of Boroondara City Council v ADCO Group Pty Ltd [2025] VSC 774 which had to consider this issue.
ASIC -v- PayPal: How it assists understanding what constitutes an Unfair Contract Term
The Federal Court decision of ASIC v PayPal Australia Pty Limited [2024] FCA 762 further clarifies the statutory unfair contract terms regime with respect to standard form contracts and provides another example of ASIC successfully taking action to void an unfair contract term.
Businesses using standard form contracts should review their contracts for potentially unfair contract terms considering recent legislative and common law changes.
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