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Expand Up @@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ title: "Blog Bite: What are the reasons that Australia's Consumer Law trumps the
author: alina@clausehound.com
tags: ["Governing Law","Mondaq","Learn","Australia"]
date: 2016-06-06 00:00:00
description: "This article posted on our partner site Mondaq.com discusses this recent Federal Court of Australia decision in which an American refund policy violated Australian consumer legislation. The court fou..."
description: "This article posted on our partner site Mondaq.com discusses this recent Federal Court of Australia decision in which an American refund policy violated Australian consumer legislation."
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[This article posted on our partner site Mondaq.com](http://www.mondaq.com/australia/x/497678/Arbitration+Dispute+Resolution/Australian+Consumer+Law+trumps+Choice+of+Law+clause) discusses this recent Federal Court of Australia decision in which an American refund policy violated Australian consumer legislation. The court found that the statutory guarantees continued to the apply to the supply provisions under the contract and the statute makes a contract void to the extent it attempts to modify or exclude a remedy. Resultantly, the Australia consumer guarantees apply to goods that are supplied to Australian consumers and cannot contract out of those guarantees even through choosing a foreign law.
[Australia: Australian Consumer Law trumps Choice of Law clause](http://www.mondaq.com/australia/x/497678/Arbitration+Dispute+Resolution/Australian+Consumer+Law+trumps+Choice+of+Law+clause) discusses this recent Federal Court of Australia decision in which an American refund policy violated Australian consumer legislation.

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The court found that the statutory guarantees continued to the apply to the supply provisions under the contract and the statute makes a contract void to the extent it attempts to modify or exclude a remedy. Resultantly, the Australia consumer guarantees apply to goods that are supplied to Australian consumers and cannot contract out of those guarantees even through choosing a foreign law.

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