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ASIC v Auto & General Insurance Company Ltd

[2024] FCA 272
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtFederal Court of Australia
Year2024
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A contract term will be 'unfair' under s 12BG of the ASIC Act only if all three limbs are satisfied — significant imbalance, not reasonably necessary to protect legitimate interests, and detriment — so a term failing any one limb is not unfair; an insurer's notification clause requiring disclosure of changes was held not unfair because, though detrimental, it was reasonably necessary and caused no significant imbalance.

Area of Law

commercial

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