ABSTRACT
The Trade Practices Act provides for recovery of damages2 by persons in defined cases of contravention of the Act. Sections 82 and 87 are the core provisions.
Section 82 provides that a ‘person who suffers loss or damage by conduct of another person that was done in contravention of a provision of Parts IV, IVB or V or s 51 AC may recover the amount of loss or damage by action against that other person or against any person involved in the contravention’.
