Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Amcor Printing Papers Group Ltd [1999] FCA 672
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – proceedings seeking orders that respondents pay pecuniary penalty - whether witness statements by individual respondents should be provided before trial – privilege against exposure to a penalty Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), ss 45(2), 76 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), s 128 Federal Court Rules, O 10, r 1 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Pioneer Concrete (Queensland) Ltd, unreported, Federal Court, 15 December 1995, not followed Pyneboard Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1983) 152 CLR 328, followed
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v J McPhee & Son (Australia) Pty Ltd, (1997) 77 FCR 217, applied Refrigerated Express Lines (Australasia) Pty Ltd v Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (1979) 42 FLR 204, followed Reid v Howard (1995) 184 CLR 1, referred to The King v Associated Northern Collieries (1910) 11 CLR 738, cited Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298, cited Weissensteiner v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 217, cited Sorby v The Commonwealth (1983) 152 CLR 281, referred to Trade Practices Commission v Abbco Iceworks Pty Ltd (1994) 52 FCR 96, followed
AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION & CONSUMER COMMISSION v AMCOR PRINTING PAPERS GROUP LIMITED & ORS NG 1245 of 1998 JUDGE: SACKVILLE J PLACE: SYDNEY DATE: 19 MAY 1999
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA NG 1245 of 1998
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY
BETWEEN: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER
COMMISSION
Applicant
AND: AMCOR PRINTING PAPERS GROUP LIMITED
First Respondent
VISY PAPER PTY LTD
Second Respondent
ANTHONY NOTT
Third Respondent
WILLIAM GUTHRIDGE
Fourth Respondent
DAVID ROACH
Fifth Respondent
JUDGE: SACKVILLE J
DATE: 19 MAY 1999
PLACE: SYDNEY
THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The applicant's motion filed on 14 May 1999 be dismissed. 2. The applicant pay the costs of the third and fifth respondents. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate