17 February 2025
Christoffel Daniel Yesaya Tambunan
FH-USU PR: Monday (17/02/2025), A lecturer from the Faculty of Law of Universitas Sumatera Utara (FH USU), Dr. Detania Sukarja, S.H., LLM, won the “Most Outstanding Presentation Award” at the 2024 Australasian Consumer Law Roundtable, held by Deakin Law School, Australia on December 5-6, 2024. Dr. Detania Sukarja presented a paper titled “The Emergence of Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) in the Retail Market: Lessons on Legal Implications for Indonesia and Malaysia,” co-authored with Dr. Doli Muhammad Jafar Dalimunthe S.E., M.Si (Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business, USU) and Professor Mushera B.A. Khan (Lecturer at International Islamic University Malaysia).
The 2024 Australasian Consumer Law Roundtable provided an opportunity for consumer law scholars in Australia and New Zealand to present current research and work in progress, discuss consumer law reform proposals, and reflect on the capacity of consumer law to address ongoing and emerging issues, including issues of vulnerability, sustainability, and technology. The event also included the International Association of Consumer Law regional event, whose program included presenters and participants from Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland, and the UK.
The two-day discussion covered a wide range of consumer law issues, with presenters exploring a variety of topics, including:
The definition of ‘consumer’ in the Australian Consumer Law and Consumer Data Right;
Regulating financial innovation, such as digital assets, and Buy Now Pay Later products;
Understanding dispute resolution approaches and outcomes within banks, tribunals, and private external dispute resolution bodies;
Scams and allocating responsibility for deep fakes;
Product liability and product safety approaches in Australia and other jurisdictions, including in relation to autonomous vehicles;
The right to repair, and transparency of information on product longevity and duration of software updates for our connected devices.
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