Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Singtel Optus Pty Limited [2011] FCA 87 Citation: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Singtel Optus Pty Limited [2011] FCA 87
Parties: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION v SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LIMITED
File number: VID 434 of 2010
Judge: NORTH J
Date of judgment: 11 February 2011
Catchwords: TRADE PRACTICES – misleading and deceptive conduct – advertising – remedies – whether granting of injunction appropriate where advertising campaign has ceased – whether the public interest required an early application for interlocutory relief
Legislation: Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 52
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Boost Tel Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 701 cited Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Singtel Optus Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 1177 cited George Weston Foods Limited v Goodman Fielder Limited [2000] 49 IPR 553 cited Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd v Cassidy [2003] FCA 289 cited
Date of hearing: 5 and 26 October 2010
Date of last submissions: 12 November 2010
Place: Melbourne
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 65
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr C Golvan SC with Ms F Forsyth
Solicitor for the Applicant: Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr N O'Bryan SC with Mr J Moore
Solicitor for the Respondent: Minter Ellison
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION VID 434 of 2010
BETWEEN: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION
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