Cadbury Schweppes Pty Limited v Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Pty Limited [2009] FCAFC 8

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Cadbury Schweppes Pty Limited v Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Pty Limited [2009] FCAFC 8

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – apprehended bias – judgment overturned on appeal on a question of the exclusion of certain evidence – proceeding remitted to and heard by the same trial judge – comments made in the original judgment about the policy of evidence law and relevance of evidence the subject of the appeal – evidence now admitted – same substantive verdict on retrial – whether a properly informed lay observer, looking objectively at the circumstances in which the proceeding was remitted to the primary judge, might reasonably apprehend that the primary judge might not bring an impartial and unbiased mind to the resolution of the dispute between the parties

Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), ss 76, 79, 80, 135 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 28 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 52, s 53

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