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‘A very expensive lesson’: Ultra Tune to sue former auditors, lawyers over $2M franchising penalty
Chief Justice James Allsop 2019-09-20 11:58 am By Amelia Birnie

National car repair franchise Ultra Tune is preparing negligence suits against its former lawyers and auditors, after the company on Friday won a $590,000 reduction in a $2.6 million penalty for breaches of the Franchising Code of Conduct.

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Ultra Tune appeals ‘manifestly excessive’ penalty for breaching Franchising Code
Chief Justice James Allsop 2019-08-12 9:11 pm By Miklos Bolza

National car repair franchise Ultra Tune has argued in a Full Federal Court appeal that a $1.07 million penalty in an ACCC case was “manifestly excessive” because it was based on unintentional breaches of the Franchising Code of Conduct that were caused by tardy accountants and auditors.

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