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Price Drop Class Action Investigation
Gerard Malouf & Partners are proud to be investigating potential class action against Coles and Woolworths for allegedly promoting specially marked products with false discounts, claiming the price reductions were misleading or non-existent.
Our investigation follows the proceedings commenced by the ACCC against the Supermarket Giants for allegedly breaching the Australian Consumer Law by misleading consumers through discount pricing claims on hundreds of common supermarket products.
If you shop at Coles or Woolworths and believe you may have been affected by these pricing practices, please register your interest for our proposed Class Action today!
Class Actions: What are they?
Where a group of people have suffered a similar loss or wrong-doing, it is possible for a Class Action to be brought. A Class Action, often also called a representative proceeding, occurs when one person, the 'lead applicant', represents the entire group of claimants known as the 'group members'. There can be more than one lead applicant, depending on the nature of the case.
Participating in Class Actions
Class Actions in Australia are generally run on an 'opt-out' model. That means they will be part of the claim if they meet the defined eligibility criteria: even if they do not actively sign up. The eligibility criteria varies depending on the facts of the case in question, and each person that meets the criteria will be included in the action unless they opt-out.
What it means to be a Class Action member
A Class Action member will be bound by the final outcome of the case being run, whether that be an award of compensation or dismissal of the case, unless they opt-out. Only the lead applicant is required to instruct the lawyers and take an active role in the actual running of the case, where the other Class Action members will not be required to provide any significant involvement towards the Class Action.