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Consumer Law Guides

Australian Consumer Law (ACL) gives every Queenslander automatic rights when buying goods and services — but knowing how to enforce them is the hard part. This hub collects our plain-English consumer law guides for Gold Coast consumers and small businesses.

Planned guides — coming soon

We are publishing the following guides over the next six months. Each will link back here when live:

  1. Your Refund Rights Under Australian Consumer Law → Read the guide
  2. Consumer Guarantees Explained → Read the guide
  3. Unfair Contract Terms — how the 2023 UT reforms let you strike out unfair terms in standard form contracts.
  4. Buying a Used Car: Your Legal Protections — dealer obligations, statutory warranties and QCAT claims.
  5. Scams and Unauthorised Transactions — who bears the loss when your bank account is drained.
  6. Taking a Business to QCAT — a step-by-step guide to minor civil disputes.

While you wait — start here

Our FAQ library already answers common consumer questions:

For disputes about leases or property transactions, see our property practice area and the retail leasing guide .

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Consumer Guarantees Explained: The Complete Australian Consumer Law Guide

Consumer Guarantees Explained: The Complete Australian Consumer Law Guide

Every purchase you make in Australia - every coffee machine, car service, haircut and kitchen renovation - arrives wrapped in a set of automatic legal promises called consumer guarantees. You did not sign them, the salesperson did not mention them, and no sign on the counter can remove them. They exist because Parliament wrote them into the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), and they are the foundation of nearly every “I want my money back” dispute.
Your Refund Rights Under Australian Consumer Law: The Complete QLD Guide

Your Refund Rights Under Australian Consumer Law: The Complete QLD Guide

Australian Consumer Law (ACL) gives every Australian automatic rights whenever they buy goods or services. Businesses cannot contract out of them, “no refund” signs are largely illegal, and yet most consumers accept “store policy” answers they should never hear. This guide explains what you are actually entitled to, how to demand it, and what to do when a business refuses. 1. The Consumer Guarantees: Rights You Have Automatically Every purchase of goods or services (under $100,000, or any price for household use) comes with unwritten guarantees under the ACL:

Gold Coast Legal Advice

These guides explain your rights. A lawyer protects them.

Our guides are designed to make the law understandable, but every situation is different. Bell & Senior Lawyers has advised Gold Coast residents and businesses across all of these areas for decades. If you have a matter that needs professional attention, we are available for a confidential discussion.

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