• Tackling unfair contract terms

    Rod Sims     |     September 1, 2018

    The work of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, or ACCC, often has implications for small business as we take actions to ensure businesses can compete on their merits, consumers 

  • Driving reform in the automotive market

    Rod Sims     |     May 6, 2018

    Let me take you back to my childhood to illustrate how difficult it is to make predictions, especially about the future. The picture above is Sims Motors in Lorne in the 

  • The future of Australia’s cartel penalty regime

    Rod Sims     |     March 27, 2018

    The headline finding of the OECD is that maximum and average pecuniary penalties imposed for competition law infringements in Australia are significantly lower than the penalties imposed in the other