Australian Competition and Consumer Commission V TPG Internet Pty Ltd; Forrest v Australian securities and investments commission: Misleading conduct arising from public statements: Establishing the knowledge base of the target audience

Abstract

Despite the very substantial body of primary sources and secondary literature on Australia’s much-litigated statutory provisions proscribing misleading or deceptive conduct, the courts have provided little in the way of assistance about how to establish the knowledge base of the target audience at whom the public statement was directed. The purpose of this case note is to compare and contrast two recent decisions of the High Court of Australia that highlight the difficulties faced by applicants in attempting to establish a contravention of the relevant legislation where conduct is directed at a segment of the public or the public as a whole.

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