Previous experience of obtaining accreditation from a third party does not of itself establish reasonable grounds for representing that accreditation will be obtained for a new business, where the evidence does not show that the previous cases were sufficiently similar or that the maker had addressed known obstacles. The question whether s 51A(2) of the Trade Practices Act 1974 reverses the legal burden of proof or imposes only an evidential burden was expressly left open.
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