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pro vyhledávání: '"Evgenia Bourova"'
Publikováno v:
Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 4-23 (2018)
Consumers in Australia and other developed countries are increasingly required to interact with providers of complex financial products and services, and to estimate, mitigate or absorb the risks that flow from their financial decisions. A range of
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https://doaj.org/article/f4b4464c728a4f069167450c0ae2481c
Publikováno v:
Geographical Research. 60:534-548
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Alternative Law Journal. 44:127-132
Legal protections are in place to allow Australians in financial hardship to avoid negative credit ratings and bankruptcy by negotiating alternative payment arrangements with creditors. This article draws upon focus groups with consumer advocates to
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SSRN Electronic Journal.
As part of the Australian Consumer Law reforms of 2010, unfair contract terms protections were implemented nationwide across most sectors that use standard form contracts in their dealings with consumers, including financial services. However, until
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Journal of Consumer Policy. 42:189-221
This article outlines the findings of Australia’s first large-scale study on the experiences of people who have recently been unable to pay a debt when it fell due. The study builds upon empirical research on the causes and impacts of financial har
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Australian Journal of Social Issues. 52:241-261
Financial hardship, in a credit society such as Australia, can affect almost anyone. To protect consumers from the negative impacts of financial hardship - which can include the stresses of enforcement action and disconnection from essential services
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University of New South Wales Law Journal. 42
Research on economic abuse has identified multiple ways in which perpetrators use debt to exercise power and control over women in violent relationships. However, there have been few attempts to evaluate consumer credit law’s role in responding to
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 34:163-188
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) was established in 2008 to resolve disputes between Australian consumers and financial service providers. This article outlines the role of FOS in resolving disputes under the statutory protections for Australian
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Legal protections are in place to allow Australians in financial hardship to avoid negative credit ratings and bankruptcy by negotiating alternative payment arrangements with creditors. This article draws upon focus groups with consumer advocates to
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IndraStra Global.
In this article, we focus on one of the most important statutory protections for Australian consumers in financial hardship: the right to seek a variation of a credit contract contained in s 72 of the National Credit Code. We provide a comprehensive